Auteur

Lars von Trier

Born 1956 · Danish film director and screenwriter

Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter widely known for his provocative and highly polarizing style. His most notable works include Breaking the Waves (1996), The Idiots (1998), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), Antichrist (2009), Melancholia (2011) and Nymphomaniac (2013), as well as The Kingdom miniseries trilogy (1994–2022).

Lars von Trier, in order

  1. 1967 Turen til Squashland: directed, wrote
  2. 1968 Good Night, Dear (short film): directed, wrote
  3. 1970 Why Try to Escape from Which You Know You Can't Escape from? Because You Are a Coward (short film): directed
  4. 1971 A Flower (short film): directed, wrote
  5. 1977 The Orchid Gardener (short film): directed, wrote, produced, acted
  6. 1979 Menthe – la bienheureuse (short film): directed, wrote, produced, acted
  7. 1980 Nocturne (short film): directed, wrote, acted
  8. 1980 The Return of Captain Klyde: acted · directed by Jesper Klein and Per Holst
  9. 1981 The Last Detail (short film): directed
  10. 1982 Images of Liberation: directed, wrote
  11. 1984 The Element of Crime: directed, wrote, acted
  12. 1985 Gateway to Europe - Copenhagen Airport: directed
  13. 1987 Epidemic: directed, wrote, acted
  14. 1988 Medea: directed, wrote
  15. 1989 En verden til forskel: acted · directed by Leif Magnusson
  16. 1991 Europa: directed, wrote, acted
  17. 1994 Lærerværelset (TV series): directed
  18. 1994 The Kingdom (TV series): directed, wrote, created, acted
  19. 1996 Breaking the Waves: directed, wrote
  20. 1997 The Kingdom II, Exodus: directed, wrote, acted
  21. 1997 Tranceformer: acted · directed by Fredrik von Krusenstjerna and Stig Björkman
  22. 1998 De ydmygede: acted · directed by Jesper Jargil
  23. 1998 The Idiots: directed, wrote, acted
  24. 2000 Dancer in the Dark: directed, wrote
  25. 2000 De Udstillede: wrote, acted · directed by Jesper Jargil
  26. 2000 Von Trier's 100 Eyes: acted · directed by Katia Forbert Petersen
  27. 2002 The Purified: acted · directed by Jesper Jargil
  28. 2003 Dogville: directed, wrote · critics 70%, audiences 89% · streaming on MUBI
  29. 2003 Dogville Confessions: acted · directed by Sami Saif
  30. 2003 The Five Obstructions: directed, wrote, acted
  31. 2005 Dear Wendy: wrote · directed by Thomas Vinterberg
  32. 2005 Det danske dogmeri: acted · directed by Erik Lennart Petersen
  33. 2005 Klovn (TV series): wrote, acted · directed by Mikkel Nørgaard and Niels Gråbøl
  34. 2005 Manderlay: directed, wrote, created
  35. 2006 The Boss of It All: directed, wrote, acted
  36. 2007 Erik Nietzsche: wrote, acted · directed by Jacob Thuesen
  37. 2007 Occupations (short film): directed, wrote, acted
  38. 2007 To Each His Own Cinema: directed, acted · critics 100%, audiences 71%
  39. 2009 Antichrist: directed, wrote
  40. 2010 Dimension 1991-2024 (short film): directed, wrote
  41. 2011 Melancholia: directed, wrote · critics 80%, audiences 67% · streaming on fuboTV, Peacock, Philo
  42. 2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series): acted · directed by Mark Cousins · critics 86%, audiences 90% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
  43. 2013 Nymphomaniac: directed, wrote
  44. 2013 Nymphomaniac: Volume I: directed, wrote
  45. 2013 Nymphomaniac: Volume II: directed, wrote
  46. 2014 Nymphomaniac Director's Cut: directed, wrote
  47. 2018 The House That Jack Built: directed, wrote
  48. 2019 The Missing Films: acted · directed by Jacob Thuesen and Tómas Gislason
  49. Occupations: directed
  50. Psycho drama: acted · directed by Vladimir Oravsky