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But Brooks was, indeed, the auteur behind “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles” and “Young Frankenstein,” so he might make it in Hollywood someday.

Directorial debuts were especially bold and if you were an auteur returning to claim the throne, let’s hope you brought plenty of firepower.

Focusing largely on the work, which Eastwood continues as a director at age 94, Levy also explores the personas the subject has cultivated over the years, from tough guy to auteur.

This makes “Poker Face” a creative coup in the post-prestige television age, especially when so many series trying to approximate premium auteur storytelling only look the part.

He, along with Michael Arden, who won a Tony for his direction of “Parade” in 2023 and was nominated for his direction of “Maybe Happy Ending,” may be Broadway’s sharpest auteurs with the discreetest profiles.