species survival

His documentaries and films obsessively explore humanity's precarious relationship with nature and the forces that threaten civilizations, from isolated communities to environmental collapse.

His films consistently examine class survival and adaptation in hostile systems, culminating in *Snowpiercer* and *Parasite*, which directly interrogate who deserves to survive.

Her work probes human vulnerability and persistence across hostile landscapes, particularly in *High Life* and *Trouble Every Day*, where survival becomes morally ambiguous.