Lars von Trier

Directing

Born: 1956-04-30

From: Copenhagen, Denmark

Gender: Male

Popularity: 1.3

Also Known As

Lars Trier

Biography

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".

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Awards & Nominations20 won · 15 nominated

🏆 Won

Bodil Honorary Award

2025

🏆 Won

Sonning Prize

2018

Nominated

European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film

Nymphomaniac Director's Cut

2014

Nominated

European Film Award for Best Film

Nymphomaniac Director's Cut

2014

🏆 Won

European Film Award for Best Film

Melancholia

2011

Nominated

European Film Award for Best Film

Melancholia

2011

Nominated

European Film Award for Best Director

Melancholia

2011

Nominated

European Film Award for Best Screenwriter

Melancholia

2011

Nominated

European Film Award for Best Director

Antichrist

2009

🏆 Won

European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award

2008

🏆 Won

Danish Dramatics' Honorary Award

2006

🏆 Won

Konrad Wolf Prize

2004

🏆 Won

Statens Kunstfonds hædersydelse

2004

Nominated

European Film Award for Best Director

Dogville

2003

Nominated

European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director

Dogville

2003

Nominated

European Film Award for Best Screenwriter

Dogville

2003

Nominated

European Film Award for Best Documentary

The Five Obstructions

2003

Nominated

European Film Award for Best Film

Dogville

2003

🏆 Won

Goya Award for Best European Film

Dancer in the Dark

2001

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Song

I've Seen It All

2001

🏆 Won

European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director

Dancer in the Dark

2000

🏆 Won

Palme d'Or

Dancer in the Dark

2000

🏆 Won

European Film Award for Best Film

Dancer in the Dark

2000

Nominated

European Film Award for Best Film

Dancer in the Dark

2000

Nominated

European Film Award for Best Screenwriter

The Idiots

1998

🏆 Won

Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog

1997

🏆 Won

César Award for Best Foreign Film

Breaking the Waves

1997

🏆 Won

European Film Academy Critics Award

Breaking the Waves

1996

🏆 Won

European Film Award for Best Film

Breaking the Waves

1996

🏆 Won

Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix

Breaking the Waves

1996

🏆 Won

Allen Award

1996

Nominated

European Film Award for Best Film

Breaking the Waves

1996

🏆 Won

Kjeld Abell Prize

1993

🏆 Won

Jury Prize

Europa

1991

🏆 Won

Order of the Dannebrog

Lars von Trier

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations20 won · 15 nominated

Acting54 titles

A Conversation with Lars von Trier

Inside Björk

Klovn

The Exhibited

Ernst-Hugo

The Copyist

Trier, Kidman og Cannes

Being Bo Widerberg

The Kingdom

Kaptajn Klyde og hans venner vender tilbage

The Kingdom II

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Clandestine Summer

Europa

Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier

Von Trier's 100 Eyes

Bergman: A Year in a Life

Side by Side

The Five Obstructions

Lars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck

Dogville Confessions

The Purified

100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision

The Humiliated

Living the Light: Robby Müller

The Boss of It All

Trespassing Bergman

Goodbye, I'm Kurt

To Each His Own Cinema

The Idiots

Eurotrash

The Element of Crime

… But Film Is My Mistress

The Idiots Who Started The Party

Epidemic

Menthe: The Benefactor

The Orchid Gardener

Arteholic

The Name of This Film Is Dogme95

Good Night, Dear

The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1

I Am Curious, Film

FreeDogme

Colors

Filmbyen: The New Mecca of Cinema

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

Looking Back At The Idiots

The Missing Films

Dogma 95, a Serious Game?

Clandestine Summer

Plankton Salesmen

Idiotic Filters

100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision

Descendant - curated by Lars von Trier

Directing37 titles

Le court des grands

Sauna

Dancer in the Dark

Dogville

The Kingdom

The Kingdom II

The Kingdom

Breaking the Waves

Europa

A Royal Affair

Melancholia

The House That Jack Built

The Five Obstructions

Manderlay

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

Images of Liberation

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Antichrist

The Boss of It All