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".
Acting (45 movies)
The Boss of It All
2006
Europa
1991
The Five Obstructions
2003
… But Film Is My Mistress
2010
Epidemic
1987
Lars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck
2020
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
2007
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
2000
Colors
2013
Dogville Confessions
2004
Side by Side
2012
A Conversation with Lars von Trier
2005
Filmbyen: The New Mecca of Cinema
2007
I Am Curious, Film
1995
Arteholic
2014
Menthe: The Benefactor
1979
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
2000
Goodbye, I'm Kurt
1969
Good Night, Dear
1968
Kaptajn Klyde og hans venner vender tilbage
1980
The Kingdom
1994
The Element of Crime
1984
The Orchid Gardener
1977
Trespassing Bergman
2013
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Living the Light: Robby Müller
2018
The Purified
2003
FreeDogme
2000
The Kingdom II
1998
The Exhibited
2000
The Humiliated
1998
Ernst-Hugo
2008
The Idiots Who Started The Party
2020
The Idiots
1998
100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision
2000
The Copyist
1999
Inside Björk
2003
Dogma 95, a Serious Game?
1999
Clandestine Summer
1969
Being Bo Widerberg
2025
Occupations
2007
Plankton Salesmen
2017
Directing (35 movies)
Breaking the Waves
1996
Dancer in the Dark
2000
The Idiots
1998
Dogville
2003
Manderlay
2005
The Kingdom
1994
The Kingdom II
1998
The Element of Crime
1984
Europa
1991
The Five Obstructions
2003
Medea
1989
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Epidemic
1987
Melancholia
2011
Antichrist
2009
Images of Liberation
1982
Menthe: The Benefactor
1979
The Orchid Gardener
1977
Nocturne
1980
The Trip to Squash Land
1967
Dimension
2010
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
2013
A Flower
1971
Why Try to Escape from That Which You Know You Can't Escape From? Because You Are a Coward
1970
D-Day
2000
Le court des grands
2005
Sauna
1986
The Boss of It All
2006
Good Night, Dear
1968
Dogville: The Pilot
2003
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
2006
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
2007
The House That Jack Built
2018
Occupations
2007