human-animal conflict

His documentaries and films obsessively explore humanity's fraught relationship with nature and animals, questioning human dominance through works like 'Grizzly Man' and 'Encounters at the End of the World'.

He uses animals as metaphors for class struggle and social hierarchy, most notably in 'Okja' where a girl fights corporate exploitation of a genetically-engineered super-pig.

His films frequently examine power dynamics between humans and animals, with creatures serving as mirrors to human violence and morality, particularly in works like 'The Sisters Brothers'.