
Lars von Trier
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".
37 directing credits · 66 acting credits
Directing · 37

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
2013

The Kingdom
1994

Antichrist
2009

Dogville
2003

The House That Jack Built
2018

The Idiots
1998

Melancholia
2011

To Each His Own Cinema
2007

Dancer in the Dark
2000

Breaking the Waves
1996

Manderlay
2005

Europa
1991

The Kingdom
1994

The Kingdom II
1998

Le court des grands
2005

The Element of Crime
1984

Medea
1989

The Five Obstructions
2003

Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
2007

The Boss of It All
2006

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
2006

Epidemic
1987

Dimension
2010

D-Day
2000

Dogville: The Pilot
2003

After
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Nocturne
1980

Images of Liberation
1982

The Trip to Squash Land
1967

Menthe: The Benefactor
1979

Nocebo
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Why Try to Escape from That Which You Know You Can't Escape From? Because You Are a Coward
1970

The Orchid Gardener
1977

Good Night, Dear
1968

A Flower
1971

Sauna
1986
Acting · 66
Grimme Award
1964

Klovn
2005

The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011

Eurotrash
1993

The Idiots
1998

To Each His Own Cinema
2007

Trespassing Bergman
2013

Side by Side
2012

Europa
1991

Dogville Confessions
2004

Plankton Salesmen
2017

The Kingdom
1994

Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018

The Kingdom II
1998

The Element of Crime
1984

The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
2000

The Five Obstructions
2003

Clandestine Summer
1969

The Boss of It All
2006

… But Film Is My Mistress
2010

FreeDogme
2000

Epidemic
1987

The Humiliated
1998

The Purified
2003

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022

Von Trier's 100 Eyes
2000

Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997

The Idiots Who Started The Party
2020

Being Bo Widerberg
2025

Inside Björk
2003

The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
2007
Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime
1984

Trier, Kidman og Cannes
2003
Lars From 1 - 10
1998

Arteholic
2014

Living the Light: Robby Müller
2018
Ironie und Gottessuche - Das Kino des Lars von Trier
1998

Menthe: The Benefactor
1979
The Making of Europa
1991
Wag the Dogma
2001

I Am Curious, Film
1995

The Exhibited
2000

Kaptajn Klyde og hans venner vender tilbage
1980

100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision
2000

The Copyist
1999

Dogma 95, a Serious Game?
1999

Colors
2013
In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema
1998
Portrait of Lars von Trier
1991

The Orchid Gardener
1977
The Road to Manderlay
2005

Good Night, Dear
1968

Goodbye, I'm Kurt
1969

Filmbyen: The New Mecca of Cinema
2007

Ernst-Hugo
2008
En invitation fra Lars von Trier
2015
Tilbageblik på Idioterne
2005

Clandestine Summer
1969

The Missing Films
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100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision
2000

Lars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck
2020

A Conversation with Lars von Trier
2005

Idiotic Filters
2005

Looking Back At The Idiots
2005
Trier's Element
1991
Playing the Fool
2000