primitive civilization

His documentaries and films obsessively explore humanity's relationship with nature and primitive societies, from 'Aguirre' to 'Fitzcarraldo' to 'Grizzly Man.'

He filmed ethnographic narratives and directly depicted pre-industrial societies in works like 'The Canterbury Tales' and his unfinished 'Salò,' interrogating civilization's veneer.

A pioneering ethnographic filmmaker whose documentary work like 'Les Maîtres fous' and 'Jaguar' intimately engaged with African cultures and challenged Western perspectives on 'primitiveness.'