based on fairy tale

He consistently reimagines fairy tales and dark fantasy narratives with gothic aesthetics and emotional depth, as seen in Pan's Labyrinth and The Shape of Water.

He specializes in subversive retellings of classic fairy tales, deconstructing their traditional meanings in films like The Company of Wolves and In Dreams.

His animated masterpieces draw heavily from folklore and fairy tale traditions while creating wholly original mythological worlds with universal emotional resonance.