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 put it, "Basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking".
The Idiots
as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)With his first Dogma-95 film director Lars von Trier opens up a completely new film platform....
Movie pageTo Each His Own Cinema
as The filmmaker (segment "Occupations")A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about cinema.
Movie pageSide by Side
as SelfSince the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film....
Movie pageThe Element of Crime
as Schmuck of AgesFisher, an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims...
Movie pageEuropa
as JewA young, idealist American gets a job as a train conductor for the Zentropa railway network in...
Movie pageThe Kingdom
as Self (uncredited)Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main...
Movie pageThe Boss of It All
as Narrator (uncredited)An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business...
Movie pageTrespassing Bergman
as SelfIn the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island...
Movie pageThe Kingdom II
as Self (uncredited)Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main...
Movie pageEpidemic
as Self / Dr. MesmerA director and a screenwriter write a screenplay together about a globally spreading epidemic....
Movie pageThe Five Obstructions
as Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations")Lars von Trier challenges his mentor, filmmaker Jørgen Leth, to remake Leth’s 1967 short film...
Movie pageDogville Confessions
as HimselfThis film depicts the intense drama that takes place during the making of Dogville. Lars von...
Movie pageCreation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Director / DevilGet an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creative challenges Lars von Trier presents his...
Movie pageBergmans video
as SelfIn the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island...
Movie pageBergman: A Year in a Life
as SelfA focuses on 1957, one of the most prolific years for the Swedish director. During the year he...
Movie pageThe Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
as NarratorErik Nietzsche is an intelligent but in many ways inexperienced shy young man who is convinced...
Movie page… But Film Is My Mistress
as SelfGuided by Liv Ullmann and with commentaries from a number of prominent filmmakers for whom...
Movie pageThe Name of This Film Is Dogme95
as HimselfThe Name of this Film is Dogme95 is an irreverent documentary exploring the origins of Dogme95,...
Movie pageThe Humiliated
as uncreditedA very intimate look on Lars von Trier and his cast and crew, during the production of "The Idiots".
Movie pageFreeDogme
as himselfMarie Berthelius and Roger Narbonne conference call Lars von Trier, Win Wenders, Lone Scherfig,...
Movie pageTranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
as uncreditedA portrait of Denmark's most acclaimed and controversial director, Lars von Trier. A meeting...
Movie pageThe Idiots Who Started The Party
as HimselfDanish film has never felt stronger on the international stage than it did with the Dogme films,...
Movie pageArteholic
as uncreditedPalm Springs resident and film and art legend Udo Kier is "arteholic". He lives, breathes and...
Movie pageMenthe: The Benefactor
as uncreditedBased on the sadomasochistic novel by Dominique Aury, "Story of O", tells the story of a...
Movie pageI Am Curious, Film
as SelfThe Scandinavian entry in the BFI's Century of Cinema series of documentaries
Movie pageOccupations
as HimselfVon Trier plays himself, berating and violently hammering a loudmouthed businessman (Jacques...
Movie pageErnst-Hugo
as SelfA gripping portrait of the dramatic, extravagant and ego-centric actor Ernst-Hugo Järegård...
Movie pageVon Trier's 100 Eyes
as SelfAlthough at first sight this might look like a simple ‘making of DANCER IN THE DARK’, the later...
Movie pageThe Exhibited
as uncreditedJesper Jargil's documentary portrait of a bizarre piece of Danish experimental theater directed...
Movie pageLiving the Light: Robby Müller
as SelfFor her extraordinary film essay, Living the Light, Director and Director of Photography Claire...
Movie pageFilmbyen, la nouvelle Mecque du cinéma ?
as selfFilmbyen is a cinema-town created by Lars Von Trier (director) et Peter Aalbek Jensen...
Movie page100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision
as uncreditedA behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Dancer in the Dark" by Lars von Trier.
Movie pageThe Missing Films
as HimselfMaking film wears down director Lars von Trier, but he is not able to live without them. In the...
Movie pageColors
as Fuck Putas EditionThe most suffocating is the awareness that nothing is happening. All the veins are drying...
Movie pageGood Night, Dear
as uncreditedLars von Trier himself has one of the lead roles in this short film about a bank employee being...
Movie pageThe Purified
as HimselfThe filmmakers who created the Dogme Manifesto reflect, argue, and watch clips of their own films.
Movie pageThe Orchid Gardener
as Victor MorseA young, mentally ill man, a visual artist in crisis Victor Marse (Lars von Trier) meets two...
Movie pagePlankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in...
Movie pageA Conversation with Lars von Trier
as IntervieweeFilmmaker Eva Ziemsen was determined to interview renowned film director, Lars von Trier. Her...
Movie pageLars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck
as Lars von TrierLars von Trier was interviewed by Christian Lund at his home outside Copenhagen in November 2020.
Movie pageThe Story of Film: An Odyssey
as SelfA worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema...
TV Show pageClandestine Summer
as LarsSummer vacation. But Lars remain in town for his parents must work. One day as he bikes around,...
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