His documentaries and fiction films obsessively examine humanity's hubris and the collapse of rational systems in confrontation with nature and madness.
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet UnionHis science fiction works like Stalker and Solaris probe the spiritual and philosophical crises that emerge when science confronts the unknowable.
David Cronenberg CanadaHis body horror and speculative films explore the visceral terror of scientific progress and the breakdown of biological and social systems.