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His films like 'Brazil' and 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen' are quintessential steampunk with elaborate mechanical worlds, retro-futuristic aesthetics, and clockwork-inspired production design.
Guy Ritchie United KingdomHis 'Sherlock Holmes' films (2009, 2011) blend Victorian-era settings with steampunk aesthetics through advanced gadgetry, mechanical contraptions, and industrial-age innovation.
Hayao Miyazaki JapanHis animated masterpieces 'Castle in the Sky' and 'Howl's Moving Castle' feature iconic steampunk imagery including flying machines, mechanical cities, and fantastical steam-powered technology.