Lars von Trier
Directing
1956-04-30 · Copenhagen, Denmark
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".
Filmography
Being Bo Widerberg
2025 · Movie
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022 · Movie
Lars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck
2020 · Movie
The Idiots Who Started The Party
2020 · Movie
The House That Jack Built
2018 · Movie
Living the Light: Robby Müller
2018 · Movie
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018 · Movie
Plankton Salesmen
2017 · Movie
En invitation fra Lars von Trier
2015 · Movie
Arteholic
2014 · Movie
Colors
2013 · Movie
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013 · Movie
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
2013 · Movie
Trespassing Bergman
2013 · Movie
Side by Side
2012 · Movie
A Royal Affair
2012 · Movie
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 · Series
Melancholia
2011 · Movie
Dimension
2010 · Movie
… But Film Is My Mistress
2010 · Movie
Antichrist
2009 · Movie
Ernst-Hugo
2008 · Movie
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
2007 · Movie
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Movie
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
2007 · Movie
Filmbyen: The New Mecca of Cinema
2007 · Movie
The Boss of It All
2006 · Movie
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
2006 · Movie
The Road to Manderlay
2005 · Movie
Le court des grands
2005 · Movie
All About Anna
2005 · Movie
Tilbageblik på Idioterne
2005 · Movie
A Conversation with Lars von Trier
2005 · Movie
Idiotic Filters
2005 · Movie
Manderlay
2005 · Movie
Looking Back At The Idiots
2005 · Movie
Klovn
2005 · Series
Dear Wendy
2005 · Movie
Dogville Confessions
2004 · Movie
Visions of Europe
2004 · Movie
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
2004 · Series
Kingdom Hospital
2004 · Movie
The South
2004 · Movie
Dogville: The Pilot
2003 · Movie
The Five Obstructions
2003 · Movie
Inside Björk
2003 · Movie
Trier, Kidman og Cannes
2003 · Movie
Dogville
2003 · Movie
Screaming Men
2003 · Movie
The Purified
2003 · Movie
Wag the Dogma
2001 · Movie
Kayaking On The Top Of The World
2000 · Movie
Italian for Beginners
2000 · Movie
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
2000 · Movie
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
2000 · Movie
Dancer in the Dark
2000 · Movie
Playing the Fool
2000 · Movie
100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision
2000 · Movie
HotMen CoolBoyz
2000 · Movie
The Exhibited
2000 · Movie
FreeDogme
2000 · Movie
100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision
2000 · Movie
D-Day
2000 · Movie
The Copyist
1999 · Movie
Dogma 95, a Serious Game?
1999 · Movie
The Humiliated
1998 · Movie
The Kingdom II
1998 · Movie
The Idiots
1998 · Movie
Constance
1998 · Movie
Ironie und Gottessuche - Das Kino des Lars von Trier
1998 · Movie
In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema
1998 · Movie
Lars From 1 - 10
1998 · Movie
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
1997 · Movie
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Movie
I Am Curious, Film
1995 · Movie
The Kingdom
1994 · Series
The Kingdom
1994 · Movie
Eurotrash
1993 · Series
The Making of Europa
1991 · Movie
Europa
1991 · Movie
Portrait of Lars von Trier
1991 · Movie
Trier's Element
1991 · Movie
Medea
1989 · Movie
Epidemic
1987 · Movie
Sauna
1986 · Movie
Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime
1984 · Movie
The Element of Crime
1984 · Movie
Images of Liberation
1982 · Movie
Kaptajn Klyde og hans venner vender tilbage
1980 · Movie
Nocturne
1980 · Movie
Menthe: The Benefactor
1979 · Movie
The Orchid Gardener
1977 · Movie
A Flower
1971 · Movie
Why Try to Escape from That Which You Know You Can't Escape From? Because You Are a Coward
1970 · Movie
Clandestine Summer
1969 · Series
Goodbye, I'm Kurt
1969 · Movie
Clandestine Summer
1969 · Movie
Good Night, Dear
1968 · Movie
The Trip to Squash Land
1967 · Movie
Grimme Award
1964 · Series
After
Movie
Études
Movie
Descendant - curated by Lars von Trier
Movie
The Missing Films
Movie