His films like *Andrei Rublev* and *Stalker* explore spirituality, faith, and the divine through contemplative visual poetry and philosophical inquiry.
Pier Paolo Pasolini ItalyHis works including *The Gospel According to St. Matthew* and *Canterbury Tales* directly engage with religious texts and spiritual themes through provocative, humanistic cinema.
Carl Theodor Dreyer DenmarkHis masterpiece *The Passion of Joan of Arc* and other films deeply explore faith, suffering, and religious experience through intimate visual and emotional intensity.