Lars von Trier

Known For: Directing
Born: April 30, 1956
Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark

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 …

Filmography

Being Bo Widerberg

2025 · Self

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

2022 · Self / Director / Devil

Lars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck

2020 · Lars von Trier

The Idiots Who Started The Party

2020 · Sig selv

The House That Jack Built

2018 · Story, Director, Writer, Idea

Living the Light: Robby Müller

2018 · Self

Bergman: A Year in a Life

2018 · Self

Plankton Salesmen

2017 · Self (archive footage)

En invitation fra Lars von Trier

En invitation fra Lars von Trier

2015

Arteholic

2014 · Self

Colors

2013 · Fuck Putas Edition

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

2013 · Director, Writer

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

2013 · Director, Writer

Trespassing Bergman

2013 · Self

Side by Side

2012 · Self

A Royal Affair

2012 · Executive Producer, Script Supervisor

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

2011 · Self

Melancholia

2011 · Director, Screenplay

Dimension

2010 · Director, Writer

… But Film Is My Mistress

2010 · Self

Antichrist

2009 · Director, Writer

Ernst-Hugo

2008 · Self

The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1

2007 · Narrator (voice), Screenplay

To Each His Own Cinema

2007 · The filmmaker (segment "Occupations"), Director

Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)

2007 · Director

Filmbyen: The New Mecca of Cinema

2007 · self

The Boss of It All

2006 · Narrator (uncredited), Director, Writer

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

2006 · Director

The Road to Manderlay

The Road to Manderlay

2005 · Self - director

Le court des grands

2005 · Director

All About Anna

2005 · Executive Producer

Tilbageblik på Idioterne

Tilbageblik på Idioterne

2005 · Self - director

A Conversation with Lars von Trier

2005 · Interviewee

Idiotic Filters

2005

Manderlay

2005 · Director, Writer, Camera Operator

Looking Back At The Idiots

2005

Klovn

2005 · Lars von Trier, Writer

Dear Wendy

2005 · Screenplay

Dogville Confessions

2004 · Self

Visions of Europe

2004 · Producer

Kingdom Hospital

2004 · Writer

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital

2004 · Story, Executive Producer, Creator

The South

2004 · Producer

Dogville: The Pilot

2003 · Director, Writer

The Five Obstructions

2003 · Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations"), Director, Writer, Idea

Inside Björk

2003 · Self

Trier, Kidman og Cannes

2003 · Self

Dogville

2003 · Director, Camera Operator, Writer

Screaming Men

2003 · Thanks

The Purified

2003 · Himself

Wag the Dogma

2001

Kayaking On The Top Of The World

2000 · Executive Producer

Italian for Beginners

2000 · Associate Producer

Von Trier's 100 Eyes

2000 · Self

The Name of This Film Is Dogme95

2000 · Self

Dancer in the Dark

2000 · Director, Camera Operator, Writer, Lyricist

Playing the Fool

Playing the Fool

2000 · Self

100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision

2000

HotMen CoolBoyz

2000 · Producer

The Exhibited

2000

FreeDogme

2000 · himself

100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision

2000

D-Day

2000 · Director

The Copyist

1999 · Self

Dogma 95, a Serious Game?

1999 · Self

The Humiliated

1998

The Kingdom II

1998 · Self (uncredited), Director, Screenplay

The Idiots

1998 · Interviewer (voice) (uncredited), Screenplay, Director of Photography

Constance

1998 · Producer

In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema

In Doctor von Trier's Laboratory: Back to the Magic of Cinema

1998 · Self

Lars From 1 - 10

Lars From 1 - 10

1998

Ironie und Gottessuche - Das Kino des Lars von Trier

Ironie und Gottessuche - Das Kino des Lars von Trier

1998 · Self

Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier

1997

Breaking the Waves

1996 · Director, Writer

I Am Curious, Film

1995 · Self

The Kingdom

1994 · Self (uncredited), Director, Screenplay

The Kingdom

1994 · Idea, Director, Script, Writer, Screenplay, Creator

Eurotrash

1993

The Making of Europa

The Making of Europa

1991 · Self - Director

Europa

1991 · Jew, Director, Screenplay, Continuity

Trier's Element

Trier's Element

1991 · Himself

Portrait of Lars von Trier

Portrait of Lars von Trier

1991 · Himself

Medea

1989 · Director, Adaptation

Epidemic

1987 · Self / Dr. Mesmer, Director, Screenplay, Camera Operator, Editor

Sauna

1986 · Director

Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime

Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime

1984 · Self - Film Director

The Element of Crime

1984 · Schmuck of Ages, Director, Screenplay

Images of Liberation

1982 · Writer, Director

Kaptajn Klyde og hans venner vender tilbage

1980

Nocturne

1980 · Writer, Director

Menthe: The Benefactor

1979 · , Writer, Director

The Orchid Gardener

1977 · Victor Morse, Writer, Director

A Flower

1971 · Director

Why Try to Escape from That Which You Know You Can't Escape From? Because You Are a Coward

Why Try to Escape from That Which You Know You Can't Escape From? Because You Are a Coward

1970 · Director, Writer

Clandestine Summer

1969 · Lars

Goodbye, I'm Kurt

1969 · Børge

Clandestine Summer

1969 · Lars Johansen

Good Night, Dear

1968 · , Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor

The Trip to Squash Land

1967 · Director

Grimme Award

1964 · Self

The Missing Films

— · Himself

Descendant - curated by Lars von Trier

—

After

— · Director, Writer

Nocebo

— · Writer, Director

Lars von Trier · Virelixia