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