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His documentaries and films obsessively explore humanity's dangerous confrontations with untamed nature and predatory wildlife, particularly in Grizzly Man and Aguirre, the Wrath of God.

He crafts visceral horror that positions nature and animalistic human behavior as equally terrifying forces, evident in Midsommar and Hereditary's exploration of primal destruction.

His films frequently feature predatory creatures and humans as apex threats to each other, examining survival hierarchies in works like Mother and The Host.