royalty and nobility

His meticulously composed films like *Barry Lyndon* and *Eyes Wide Shut* dissect power structures and the performative nature of aristocratic life with clinical precision.

A master of exploring aristocratic decline and decay, particularly in *The Leopard* and *Death in Venice*, where nobility confronts historical inevitability and moral corruption.

Her films like *Marie Antoinette* and *The Bling Ring* examines the isolation, excess, and vulnerability hidden behind royal and elite privilege with lyrical intimacy.