
Director
Lars von Trier
Born 1956 · 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".
Directed

Dogville
Director · 2003

Dancer in the Dark
Director · 2000

Melancholia
Director · 2011

The House That Jack Built
Director · 2018

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Director · 2013

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Director · 2013

Breaking the Waves
Director · 1996

Antichrist
Director · 2009

A Royal Affair
Script Supervisor · 2012

Europa
Director · 1991

The Kingdom
Director · 1994

The Idiots
Director · 1998

Manderlay
Director · 2005

The Boss of It All
Director · 2006

The Five Obstructions
Director · 2003

The Element of Crime
Director · 1984

The Kingdom
Director · 1994

To Each His Own Cinema
Director · 2007
Acting

Europa
Jew · 1991

The Kingdom
Self (uncredited) · 1994

The Idiots
Interviewer (voice) (uncredited) · 1998

Side by Side
Self · 2012

The Boss of It All
Narrator (uncredited) · 2006

The Five Obstructions
Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations") · 2003

The Element of Crime
Schmuck of Ages · 1984

The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self · 2011

To Each His Own Cinema
The filmmaker (segment "Occupations") · 2007

The Kingdom II
Self (uncredited) · 1998

Klovn
Lars von Trier · 2005

Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self · 2018

Epidemic
Self / Dr. Mesmer · 1987

Dogville Confessions
Self · 2004

Trespassing Bergman
Self · 2013

Inside Björk
Self · 2003

Von Trier's 100 Eyes
Self · 2000

A Conversation with Lars von Trier
Interviewee · 2005

… But Film Is My Mistress
Self · 2010

Trier, Kidman og Cannes
Self · 2003
Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime
Self - Film Director · 1984

Ernst-Hugo
Self · 2008

The Copyist
Self · 1999

The Purified
Himself · 2003
Writing

Dogville
Writer · 2003

Dancer in the Dark
Writer · 2000

Melancholia
Screenplay · 2011

The House That Jack Built
Story · 2018

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Writer · 2013

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Writer · 2013

Breaking the Waves
Writer · 1996

Antichrist
Writer · 2009

Europa
Screenplay · 1991

The Kingdom
Screenplay · 1994

The Idiots
Screenplay · 1998

Manderlay
Writer · 2005