Lars von Trier
Directing • Born 1956-04-30
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".
Filmography
63 credits
The Boss of It All
Movie • 2006
Narrator (uncredited)
Europa
Movie • 1991
Jew
The Five Obstructions
Movie • 2003
Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations")
… But Film Is My Mistress
Movie • 2010
Self
Epidemic
Movie • 1987
Self / Dr. Mesmer
Lars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck
Movie • 2020
Lars von Trier
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
Movie • 2007
Narrator (voice)
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
Movie • 1997
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
Movie • 2000
Self
Colors
Movie • 2013
Fuck Putas Edition
Dogville Confessions
Movie • 2004
Self
Side by Side
Movie • 2012
Self
A Conversation with Lars von Trier
Movie • 2005
Interviewee
Trier's Element
Movie • 1991
Himself
Portrait of Lars von Trier
Movie • 1991
Himself
Im Laboratorium des Doktor von Trier: Zurück zur Magie des Kinos
Movie • 1998
Self
Filmbyen: The New Mecca of Cinema
Movie • 2007
self
I Am Curious, Film
Movie • 1995
Self
Lars From 1 - 10
Movie • 1998
Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime
Movie • 1984
Self - Film Director
Arteholic
Movie • 2014
Self
Menthe: The Benefactor
Movie • 1979
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Movie • 2022
Self / Director / Devil
Ironie und Gottessuche - Das Kino des Lars von Trier
Movie • 1998
Self
En invitation fra Lars von Trier
Movie • 2015
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
Movie • 2000
Self
Goodbye, I'm Kurt
Movie • 1969
Børge
Good Night, Dear
Movie • 1968
Kaptajn Klyde og hans venner vender tilbage
Movie • 1980
The Kingdom
Movie • 1994
Self (uncredited)
The Making of Europa
Movie • 1991
Self - Director
The Element of Crime
Movie • 1984
Schmuck of Ages
The Orchid Gardener
Movie • 1977
Victor Morse
Trespassing Bergman
Movie • 2013
Self
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Movie • 2018
Self
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie • 2007
The filmmaker (segment "Occupations")
Living the Light: Robby Müller
Movie • 2018
Self
The Purified
Movie • 2003
Himself
FreeDogme
Movie • 2000
himself
The Kingdom II
Movie • 1998
Self (uncredited)
The Exhibited
Movie • 2000
Looking Back At The Idiots
Movie • 2005
The Humiliated
Movie • 1998
Ernst-Hugo
Movie • 2008
Self
Wag the Dogma
Movie • 2001
The Idiots Who Started The Party
Movie • 2020
Sig selv
The Idiots
Movie • 1998
Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision
Movie • 2000
The Missing Films
Movie
Himself
The Copyist
Movie • 1999
Self
Inside Björk
Movie • 2003
Self
Dogma 95, a Serious Game?
Movie • 1999
Self
Tilbageblik på Idioterne
Movie • 2005
Self - director
Trier, Kidman og Cannes
Movie • 2003
Self
The Road to Manderlay
Movie • 2005
Self - director
Clandestine Summer
Movie • 1969
Lars Johansen
Being Bo Widerberg
Movie • 2025
Self
Plankton Salesmen
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
House of Babel
Movie
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
TV • 2011
Self
Clandestine Summer
TV • 1969
Lars
Grimme Award
TV • 1964
Self
Klovn
TV • 2005
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