Known For
Directing
Born
Apr 30, 1956
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Credits
104 titles
Lars von Trier
Biography
Lars von Trier (born Lars Trier; 30 April 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches. He is known for his female-centric parables and his exploration of controversial subject matter. Von Trier began making his own films at the age of 11 after receiving a Super-8 camera as a gift, and his first publicly released film was an experimental short called The Orchid Gardener, in 1977. His first feature film came seven years later, The Element of Crime, in 1984. As of 2010, he has directed a further 10 feature films, 5 short films and 4 television productions. He has been married twice and is currently married to Bente Frøge. Von Trier suffers periodically from depression, as well as various fears and phobias, including an intense fear of flying. As he himself once put it, "Basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking".
Known For
Filmography
Being Bo Widerberg
Self
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Self / Director / Devil
Lars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck
Lars von Trier
The Idiots Who Started The Party
Sig selv
The House That Jack Built
Story
Living the Light: Robby Müller
Self
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
Plankton Salesmen
Self (archive footage)
En invitation fra Lars von Trier
Arteholic
Self
Colors
Fuck Putas Edition
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Director
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Director
Trespassing Bergman
Self
Side by Side
Self
A Royal Affair
Executive Producer
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self
Melancholia
Director
Dimension
Director
… But Film Is My Mistress
Self
Antichrist
Director
Ernst-Hugo
Self
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
Narrator (voice)
To Each His Own Cinema
The filmmaker (segment "Occupations")
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
Director
Filmbyen: The New Mecca of Cinema
self
The Boss of It All
Narrator (uncredited)
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
Director
The Road to Manderlay
Self - director
Le court des grands
Director
All About Anna
Executive Producer
Tilbageblik på Idioterne
Self - director
A Conversation with Lars von Trier
Interviewee
Idiotic Filters
Manderlay
Director
Looking Back At The Idiots
Klovn
Lars von Trier
Dear Wendy
Screenplay
Dogville Confessions
Self
Visions of Europe
Producer
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Story
Kingdom Hospital
Writer
The South
Producer
Dogville: The Pilot
Director
The Five Obstructions
Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations")
Inside Björk
Self
Trier, Kidman og Cannes
Self
Dogville
Director
Screaming Men
Thanks
The Purified
Himself