Filmmaker with a distinctive style (6)
I believe the answer is:
auteur
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">filmmaker with a distinctive style</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for auteur that I've seen before include "Film director whose work has a distinctively personal quality" , "director who's unique" .)