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: Directing

Born: Kongens Lyngby, Danmark, 1956-04-30

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	Good Night, Dear		50
2	1969	Goodbye, I'm Kurt	Børge	60
3	1977	The Orchid Gardener	Victor Morse	54
4	1979	Menthe: The Benefactor		53
5	1980	Kaptajn Klyde og hans venner vender tilbage		80
6	1984	The Element of Crime	Schmuck of Ages	64
7	1984	Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime	Self - Film Director	0
8	1987	Epidemic	Self / Dr. Mesmer	57
9	1991	Trier's Element	Himself	0
10	1991	Portrait of Lars von Trier	Himself	0
11	1991	Europa	Jew	73
12	1991	The Making of Europa	Self - Director	60
13	1994	The Kingdom	Self (uncredited)	78
14	1995	I Am Curious, Film	Self	38
15	1997	The Kingdom II	Self (uncredited)	77
16	1997	Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier		67
17	1998	Im Laboratorium des Doktor von Trier: Zurück zur Magie des Kinos	Self	0
18	1998	Lars From 1 - 10		50
19	1998	Ironie und Gottessuche - Das Kino des Lars von Trier	Self	0
20	1998	The Idiots	Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)	65
21	1998	The Humiliated		64
22	1999	Dogma 95, a Serious Game?	Self	0
23	1999	The Copyist	Self	0
24	2000	FreeDogme	himself	40
25	2000	100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision		0
26	2000	The Exhibited		0
27	2000	The Name of This Film Is Dogme95	Self	35
28	2000	Von Trier's 100 Eyes	Self	73
29	2001	Wag the Dogma		0
30	2003	The Purified	Himself	67
31	2003	Trier, Kidman og Cannes		0
32	2003	Inside Björk	Self	88
33	2003	The Five Obstructions	Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations")	69
34	2004	Dogville Confessions	Self	68
35	2005	Looking Back At The Idiots		0
36	2005	A Conversation with Lars von Trier	Interviewee	0
37	2005	Tilbageblik på Idioterne	Self - director	0
38	2005	The Road to Manderlay	Self - director	0
39	2006	The Boss of It All	Narrator (uncredited)	66
40	2007	Filmbyen, la nouvelle Mecque du cinéma ?	self	0
41	2007	To Each His Own Cinema	The filmmaker (segment "Occupations")	65
42	2007	The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1	Narrator	45
43	2008	Ernst-Hugo	Self	80
44	2010	… But Film Is My Mistress	Self	62
45	2012	Side by Side	Self	73
46	2013	Trespassing Bergman	Self	66
47	2013	Colors	Fuck Putas Edition	0
48	2014	Arteholic		50
49	2015	En invitation fra Lars von Trier		0
50	2017	Plankton Salesmen	Self (archive footage)	0
51	2018	Bergman: A Year in a Life	Self	74
52	2018	Living the Light: Robby Müller	Self	67
53	2020	The Idiots Who Started The Party	Himself	60
54	2020	Lars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck	Lars von Trier	70
55	2022	Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus	Self / Director / Devil	0
56		The Missing Films	Himself	0
57	2025	Was Ist Kino ?	Self (Archive Footage)	100

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1964	Grimme-Preis-Verleihung	Self	0
2	1969	Clandestine Summer	Lars	0
3	2011	The Story of Film: An Odyssey	Self	76