Yes - auteur is very close! Gene Roddenberry was auteur of Star Trek. But he was not an actor, or director, or script writer, although he personally chose every one of those individuals and then morphed them with his personal vision.

This premise of CG Artist as auteur is exactly what the CGS community denies. It is at the heart of what it means to be a Poser artist.

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