His films like 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' and 'Canterbury Tales' deeply explore sacred texts and spirituality through cinema as a form of theological inquiry.
Carl Theodor Dreyer DenmarkHis masterpiece 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' uses austere cinematography to create a transcendent meditation on faith, sacrifice, and divine grace.
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/RussiaHis films including 'Andrei Rublev' and 'The Mirror' employ visual poetry and silence to explore the sacred, spirituality, and humanity's relationship with the divine.