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