Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier (born Lars Trier, April 30, 1956 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish film director closely associated with the Dogme95 collective calling for a return to plausible stories in filmmaking and a move away from artifice and towards technical minimalism.

Filmography

• The Orchid Gardener/Orchidégartneren (1977)
• Menthe - la bienheureuse (1979)
• Nocturne (1980)
• The Last Detail/Den sidste detalje (1981)
• Image of relief/Befrielsesbilleder (1982)
• The Element of Crime/Forbrydelsens element (1984)
• Epidemic (1987)
• Medea (TV movie, 1988)
• Zentropa/Europa (1991)
• The Kingdom/Riget (TV miniseries, 1994)
• Breaking the Waves (1996)
• The Kingdom II/Riget II (TV miniseries, 1997)
• The Idiots/Idioterne (1998)
• D-Dag - Lise (TV movie, 2000)
• Dancer in the Dark (2000)
• Dogville (2003, part one of von Trier's "USA" trilogy)
• The Five Obstructions/De Fem benspænd (2003; co-directed with Jørgen Leth)
• Dear Wendy (2004, screenwriter; directed by Thomas Vinterberg)
• Manderlay (2005, part two of the "USA" trilogy)
• Direktøren for det hele (2007)
• Wasington (2009, part three of the "USA" trilogy)