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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
April 30, 1956
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Also Known As
- Lars Trier
Lars von Trier
3.0 Popularity
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".
Known For
7.0
Self
Being Bo Widerberg
2025
0.0
Self / Director / Devil
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022
7.0
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck
2020
6.0
Sig selv
The Idiots Who Started The Party
2020
6.7
Self
Living the Light: Robby Müller
2018
7.4
Self
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Plankton Salesmen
2017
🎬
0.0
En invitation fra Lars von Trier
2015
5.0
Self
Arteholic
2014
0.0
Fuck Putas Edition
Colors
2013
Credits
Being Bo Widerberg
as Self
2025
7.0
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Director / Devil
2022
0.0
Lars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck
as Lars von Trier
2020
7.0
The Idiots Who Started The Party
as Sig selv
2020
6.0
Living the Light: Robby Müller
as Self
2018
6.7
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
2018
7.4
Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
2017
0.0
🎬
En invitation fra Lars von Trier
2015
0.0
Arteholic
as Self
2014
5.0
Colors
as Fuck Putas Edition
2013
0.0
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
2013
6.6
Side by Side
as Self
2012
7.3
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self
2011
7.7
… But Film Is My Mistress
as Self
2010
6.2
Ernst-Hugo
as Self
2008
8.0
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
as Narrator (voice)
2007
4.5
To Each His Own Cinema
as The filmmaker (segment "Occupations")
2007
6.5
Filmbyen: The New Mecca of Cinema
as self
2007
0.0
The Boss of It All
as Narrator (uncredited)
2006
6.6
🎬
The Road to Manderlay
as Self - director
2005
0.0
🎬
Tilbageblik på Idioterne
as Self - director
2005
0.0
A Conversation with Lars von Trier
as Interviewee
2005
0.0
🎬
Looking Back At The Idiots
2005
0.0
Klovn
as Lars von Trier
2005
8.5
Dogville Confessions
as Self
2004
6.8
The Five Obstructions
as Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations")
2003
6.9
Inside Björk
as Self
2003
8.6
🎬
Trier, Kidman og Cannes
as Self
2003
0.0
The Purified
as Himself
2003
6.8
🎬
Wag the Dogma
2001
0.0
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
as Self
2000
7.2
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
as Self
2000
3.5
The Exhibited
2000
0.0
FreeDogme
as himself
2000
4.0
100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision
2000
0.0
The Copyist
as Self
1999
0.0
Dogma 95, a Serious Game?
as Self
1999
0.0
The Humiliated
1998
6.5
The Kingdom II
as Self (uncredited)
1998
7.7
The Idiots
as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
1998
6.5
🎬
Lars From 1 - 10
1998
5.5
🎬
Ironie und Gottessuche - Das Kino des Lars von Trier
as Self
1998
0.0
🎬
Im Laboratorium des Doktor von Trier: Zurück zur Magie des Kinos
as Self
1998
0.0
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997
6.8
I Am Curious, Film
as Self
1995
3.8
The Kingdom
as Self (uncredited)
1994
7.8
🎬
The Making of Europa
as Self - Director
1991
6.0
Europa
as Jew
1991
7.4
🎬
Portrait of Lars von Trier
as Himself
1991
0.0
🎬
Trier's Element
as Himself
1991
0.0
Epidemic
as Self / Dr. Mesmer
1987
5.7
🎬
Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime
as Self - Film Director
1984
0.0
The Element of Crime
as Schmuck of Ages
1984
6.4
Kaptajn Klyde og hans venner vender tilbage
1980
8.0
Menthe: The Benefactor
1979
5.0
The Orchid Gardener
as Victor Morse
1977
5.1
Clandestine Summer
as Lars
1969
7.0
Goodbye, I'm Kurt
as Børge
1969
6.0
Clandestine Summer
as Lars Johansen
1969
0.0
Good Night, Dear
1968
4.9
🎬
Grimme Award
as Self
1964
0.0
The Missing Films
as Himself
N/A
0.0
Occupations
N/A
0.0