Lars von Trier
- Directing
- April 30, 1956 · Copenhagen, Denmark
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 · Director, Writer
- Living the Light: Robby Müller · Self
- Bergman: A Year in a Life · Self
- Plankton Salesmen · Self
- En invitation fra Lars von Trier
- Too Many Cooks · Pie
- Arteholic · Self
- Colors · Fuck Putas Edition
- Nymphomaniac: Vol. II · Director, Writer
- Nymphomaniac: Vol. I · Director, Writer
- Trespassing Bergman · Self
- Side by Side · Self
- A Royal Affair · Executive producer, Script Supervisor
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey · Self
- Melancholia · Director, Screenplay
- Dimension · Director, Writer
- … But Film Is My Mistress · Self
- Antichrist · Director, Writer
- Ernst-Hugo · Self
- The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 · Narrator (Voice), Screenplay
- To Each His Own Cinema · The filmmaker (segment "Occupations"), Director
- Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) · Director
- Filmbyen: The New Mecca of Cinema · Self
- The Boss of It All · Narrator (uncredited), Writer
- Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) · Director
- The Road to Manderlay · Self
- Le court des grands · Director
- Tilbageblik på Idioterne · Self
- A Conversation with Lars von Trier · Interviewee
- Idiotic Filters
- Manderlay · Director, Writer
- Looking Back At The Idiots
- Klovn · Lars von Trier, Writer
- Dear Wendy · Screenplay
- Dogville Confessions · Self
- Visions of Europe · Producer
- Kingdom Hospital · Writer
- Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital · Story, Executive producer
- The South · Producer
- Dogville: The Pilot · Director, Writer
- The Five Obstructions · Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations"), Director
- Obstruction #1 - The Perfect Human: Cuba · Idea
- Inside Björk · Self
- Trier, Kidman og Cannes · Self
- Dogville · Director, Camera Operator
- Screaming Men · Thanks
- The Purified · Self
- Heart of the Festival · Self
- Wag the Dogma
- Kayaking On The Top Of The World · Executive producer
- Italian for Beginners · Associate Producer
- Von Trier's 100 Eyes · Self
- The Name of This Film Is Dogme95 · Self
- Dancer in the Dark · Director, Camera Operator
- Playing the Fool · Self
- 100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision
- The Exhibited
- FreeDogme · Self
- 100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision
- D-Day · Director, Writer
- The Copyist · Self
- Dogma 95, a Serious Game? · Self
- The Humiliated
- The Kingdom II · Self, Director
- The Idiots · Interviewer (voice) (uncredited), Cinematography
- In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema · Self
- Lars From 1 - 10
- Ironie und Gottessuche - Das Kino des Lars von Trier · Self
- Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
- Breaking the Waves · Director, Writer
- I Am Curious, Film · Self
- The Kingdom · Self, Director
- The Kingdom · Director, Writer
- Eurotrash
- The Making of Europa · Self
- Europa · Jew, Screenplay