Lars von Trier
Directing · Born 1956-04-30 · age 70 · 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".
Titles
Melancholia
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
The House That Jack Built
Antichrist
Dogville
Dancer in the Dark
Breaking the Waves
A Royal Affair
The Idiots
Manderlay
Europa
The Boss of It All
The Kingdom
The Element of Crime
The Five Obstructions
To Each His Own Cinema
Italian for Beginners
Dear Wendy
Epidemic
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
All About Anna
Medea
The Kingdom
The Kingdom II
Nocturne
Kingdom Hospital
Klovn
The Trip to Squash Land
D-Day
Why Try to Escape from That Which You Know You Can't Escape From? Because You Are a Coward
Visions of Europe
The Orchid Gardener
A Flower
Dogville: The Pilot
Menthe: The Benefactor
Good Night, Dear
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
Images of Liberation
Eurotrash
Dimension
The Humiliated
The South
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
Constance
HotMen CoolBoyz
Kaptajn Klyde og hans venner vender tilbage
Lars From 1 - 10
Clandestine Summer
Goodbye, I'm Kurt
Kayaking On The Top Of The World
Wag the Dogma
A Conversation with Lars von Trier
The Exhibited
Le court des grands
Sauna
Lars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck
100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision
The Idiots Who Started The Party
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)