Auteur Theory

"Auteur Theory suggests that a director can use the commercial apparatus of film-making in the same way that a writer uses a pen or a painter uses paint and a paintbrush. It is a medium for the personal artistic expression of the director."

Alfred Hitchcock most-famous films:

Rear Window

The Birds

Physcho 

Vertigo

Alfred Hitchcock is one of the first names who comes to mind when talking about auteur theory.Alfred Hitchcock plays this idea up in most of his movies where he makes sure that he appears on screen in a brief cameo spot. This became a game that viewers would engage in, waiting to find out when he would appear.  

Hitchcock’s story telling techniques were renowned for their intelligent plots, witty dialogue, and the smattering of mystery and murder. The reason for his success, however, was not the genre that he was working in, but rather the skill which he exhibited in the film-making. His best-known screen moments is the terrifying shower scene in Psycho, which consists of 70 camera shots in one minute.