sports fallen hero

His films like 'Raging Bull' and 'The Irishman' explore the moral decline and personal destruction of flawed men at the peak of their power.

He specializes in sports dramas examining psychological unraveling, most notably in 'Moneyball' and 'Foxcatcher' where ambition and ego lead to catastrophe.

His visceral filmmaking in 'The Wrestler' and 'Black Swan' captures the physical and psychological deterioration of performers unable to accept their fading glory.