career

His films like 'The Apartment' and 'Sunset Boulevard' dissect the personal costs of ambition and the corrupting nature of career advancement in Hollywood and corporate America.

He examines working-class life and career struggles with compassionate realism, exploring how employment shapes identity and relationships in films like 'Another Year' and 'Career Girls.'

His works interrogate ambition, power dynamics, and professional relationships as reflections of broader social structures and human exploitation within capitalist systems.