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".
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In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who pray...
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The mutant fetus is born. Dr. Helmer comes under heavy scrutiny for a botched operation that left a ...
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A group of people gather at a Copenhagen suburban home to break all the limitations and to bring out...
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Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her ...
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In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starri...
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A documentary on the creation of Lars von Trier's fascinating drama Dogville starring amongst others...
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Stephen King's take on the masterpiece series by Lars von Trier. The story takes place in a hospital...
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In a blue-collar American town, a group of teens bands together to form the Dandies, a gang of gunsl...
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The owner of an Information Technology firm wants to sell his business for profit. The trouble is th...
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Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brou...
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Erik Nietzsche is an intelligent but in many ways inexperienced shy young man who is convinced that ...
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A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts ...
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Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens...
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Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over t...
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A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their natio...
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A man named Seligman finds a fainted wounded woman in an alley and he brings her home. She tells him...
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The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life an...
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The House That Jack Built (2018) | Director / Writer | 6.6 | |
| 2 | Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018) | Self | - | - |
| 3 | Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013) | Director / Writer | 7.2 | |
| 4 | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013) | Director / Writer | 6.7 | |
| 5 | Side by Side (2012) | Self | 7.6 | |
| 6 | A Royal Affair (2012) Oscars 2013 | Director / Writer | 7.6 | |
| 7 | Melancholia (2011) | Director / Writer | 7.1 | |
| 8 | Antichrist (2009) | Director / Writer | 6.4 | |
| 9 | To Each His Own Cinema (2007) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 10 | The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 (2007) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 11 | The Boss of It All (2006) | Director / Writer | 6.7 | |
| 12 | Dear Wendy (2005) | Director / Writer | 9 | |
| 13 | Manderlay (2005) | Director / Writer | 7.6 | |
| 14 | Dogville Confessions (2004) | Self | - | - |
| 15 | Kingdom Hospital (2004) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 16 | Dogville (2003) | Director / Writer | 7.9 | |
| 17 | The Five Obstructions (2003) | Director / Writer | 8 | |
| 18 | Dancer in the Dark (2000) Oscars 2001 | Director / Writer | 7.6 | |
| 19 | The Kingdom II (1998) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 20 | The Idiots (1998) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 21 | Breaking the Waves (1996) | Director / Writer | 5.8 | |
| 22 | Europa (1991) | Director / Writer | 8 | |
| 23 | Medea (1989) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 24 | The Element of Crime (1984) | Director / Writer | 6.7 | |
| 25 | Nocturne (1980) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 26 | Why Try to Escape from That Which You Know You Can't Escape From? Because You Are a Coward (1970) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 27 | Good Night, Dear (1968) | Director / Writer | 3 | |
| 28 | The Trip to Squash Land (1967) | Director / Writer | 6 |

