Wellesianadj.
/ˈwɛlzɪən/, U.S. /ˈwɛlziən/ Chiefly Film.
Of or relating to Orson Welles; resembling or characteristic of his works.Welles is particularly noted for his striking early successes in the fields of theatre, radio, and film, the creative control he exerted as producer, writer, director, and actor, and his later struggles with a variety of unfinished projects.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > filming unit or team > [adjective] > specific film-maker or director
Keatonesque1921
Eisensteinian1930
Hitchcockian1930
Wellesian1938
Capraesque1939
Fordian1940
Bergmanesque1959
Bressonian1959
Tatiesque1959
Buñuelian1962
Godardian1962
Hawksian1962
Sirkian1963
Felliniesque1965
Langian1966
Kubrickian1968
Warholian1972
Altmanesque1974
Scorsesean1977
Herzogian1979
Tarkovskian1980
Spielbergian1982
Lynchian1984
Tarantinoesque1994
1938 Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gaz. 20 Aug. (Home ed.) One of the lightest and most amusing of this summer's Wellesian classics over CBS.
1963 Times 30 Sept. 17/7 This..gave its director, Mr. Philip Saville, all sorts of opportunities for bravura camera work..which he took with Wellesian gusto.
1986 Film Q. Spring 20/2 Orson Welles is his [sc. Francis Ford Coppola's] progenitor and Wellesian control is really his ideal.
2017 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 24 Mar. (Ontario ed.) (Film section) r2 Written, directed and starring Dax Shepard, in some would-be Wellesian feat.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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