Lars von Trier

Regisseur, Schrijver, Acteur, Producer, Redacteur

30 april 1956 (70 years)
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".

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Melancholia
    Melancholia2011
  • Nymphomaniac
    Nymphomaniac2013
  • Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
    Nymphomaniac: Vol. II2013
  • A Royal Affair
    A Royal Affair2012

Known For

  • Melancholia
    Melancholia2011
  • Dancer in the Dark
    Dancer in the Dark2000
  • Dogville
    Dogville2003
  • Antichrist
    Antichrist2009
  • Breaking the Waves
    Breaking the Waves1996
  • The House That Jack Built
    The House That Jack Built2018
  • Europa
    Europa1991
  • A Royal Affair
    A Royal Affair2012
  • The Idiots
    The Idiots1998
  • Manderlay
    Manderlay2005
  • Riget
    Riget3 seasons
  • Forbrydelsens element
    Forbrydelsens element1984
  • Direktøren for det hele
    Direktøren for det hele2006
  • De fem benspænd
    De fem benspænd2003
  • Dear Wendy
    Dear Wendy2005
  • Epidemic
    Epidemic1987
  • Kingdom Hospital
    Kingdom Hospital17 episodes
  • Medea
    Medea1988
  • Nocturne
    Nocturne1980
  • Klovn
    Klovn10 seasons

Cinematografie

2013
2013
2011
Melancholia · as ScreenplayOp Plex
2009
2007
2007
2006
2005
2005
2005
Dear Wendy · as Screenplay
2004
2003
2003
2000
2000
1998
The Idiots · as Screenplay
1997
The Kingdom II · as Screenplay
1996
1994
The Kingdom · as Screenplay
1994
1991
Europa · as Screenplay
1987
Epidemic · as Screenplay
1984
The Element of Crime · as Screenplay
1982
1980
1967

2020
2013
Colors · as Fuck Putas Edition
2007
2007
To Each His Own Cinema · as The Filmmaker (segment "occupations")
2006
The Boss of It All · as Narrator (uncredited)
2000
1998
1998
The Idiots · as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
1997
1991
Europa · as Jew
1989
A World of Difference · as Cab Driver
1984
The Element of Crime · as Schmuck Of Ages
1980
1980
Nocturne · as Masked Man Bashing Through Window

2012
A Royal Affair · as Executive ProducerOp Plex
2010
2004
2004
2004
Kingdom Hospital · as Executive Producer
2000
Kayaking on the Top of the World · as Executive Producer
2000
Italian for Beginners · as Associate Producer

2025
2022
Skabelsen af Riget Exodus · as Self / Director / Devil
2018
2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life · as SelfOp Plex
2014
Arteholic · as Self
2013
2012
Side by Side · as Self
2012
2011
2010
2009
2006
2005
Klovn · as Lars Von Trier
2005
Letters to Dear Wendy · as Self - Screenwriter
2005
2004
2004
2003
The Five Obstructions · as Self / Obstructor (segment "the Conversations")
2003
Store danskere · as Self
2003
Inside Björk · as Self
2003
2003
2002
The Purified · as Himself
2000
2000
2000
D-dag - Instruktørene · as Self (directing)
1999
1999
1999
Foot on the Moon · as Self
1998
1997
The Kingdom II · as Self (uncredited)
1997
1996
1995
1995
1994
The Kingdom · as Self (uncredited)
1994
1994
1993
Eurotrash · as Self
1992
TV4 Nyhetsmorgon · as Self - Från Cannes
1991
Movie Days · as Self - Interviewee
1991
Trier's Element · as Himself
1990
Söndagsöppet · as Self
1987
Epidemic · as Self / Dr. Mesmer
1964
Grimme Award · as Self

2018
2012
A Royal Affair · as Script SupervisorOp Plex
2004
Kingdom Hospital · as Story
2003
1998
The Idiots · as Director Of Photography
1988
Medea · as Adaptation
1967
The Trip to Squash Land · as Cinematographer