working dog

His film 'Isle of Dogs' is a stop-motion meditation on canine loyalty, purpose, and the bond between working dogs and their masters.

His gritty realist films often explore how ordinary people and animals struggle within systems of labor and survival, treating working dogs as subjects of social commentary.

His film 'Sicario' and other works feature police and military working dogs as crucial elements in narratives about duty, discipline, and moral ambiguity in professional service.