giant mythology

His films consistently blend mythology with visual spectacle, creating intimate stories within grand mythological frameworks as seen in Pan's Labyrinth and The Shape of Water.

He explores themes of human insignificance against vast, mythic forces and existential grandeur, using sweeping visual language to examine mortality and meaning.

His documentaries and films obsessively document humanity's struggle against overwhelming natural and mythic forces, treating landscape and nature as monumental, indifferent powers.