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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".
As director
The House That Jack Built
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Melancholia
Dimension
Antichrist
To Each His Own Cinema
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
The Boss of It All
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
Manderlay
Le court des grands
Dogville
The Five Obstructions
Dogville: The Pilot
Dancer in the Dark
D-Day
The Idiots
The Kingdom II
Breaking the Waves
The Kingdom
Europa
Medea
Epidemic
Sauna
The Element of Crime
Images of Liberation
Nocturne
Menthe: The Benefactor
The Orchid Gardener
As actor
Being Bo Widerberg
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Lars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck
The Idiots Who Started The Party
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Living the Light: Robby Müller
Plankton Salesmen
En invitation fra Lars von Trier
Arteholic
Colors
Trespassing Bergman
Side by Side
… But Film Is My Mistress
Ernst-Hugo
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
Filmbyen: The New Mecca of Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema
The Boss of It All
A Conversation with Lars von Trier
Looking Back At The Idiots
Tilbageblik på Idioterne
The Road to Manderlay
Idiotic Filters
Dogville Confessions
The Five Obstructions
The Purified
Inside Björk
Trier, Kidman og Cannes
Wag the Dogma
Von Trier's 100 Eyes