cancer and illness

His films like 'After the Storm' and 'Like Father, Like Son' intimately explore mortality, family bonds, and the fragility of life through illness and aging.

Her works including 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' delve into psychological trauma and mental illness with visceral, poetic intensity.

Films like 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' confront grief, familial trauma, and disease as existential horrors that haunt and consume his characters.