In the West the concept of the director as the "auteur" --or prime shaper of the film's style--came to the forefront in the 1960s, turning the screenwriter into a figure of secondary importance.
一九六○年代西方「作者論」出現，影響所及認為導演才是主導電影風格的人，劇作家的地位因此退居為第二線。