Lars von Trier

Personal Info

Birthday

April 30, 1956

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

Kongens Lyngby, Danmark

Also Known As

Ларс фон Триер

拉斯·馮·提爾

ラース・フォン・トリアー

لارس فون ترايير

Lars Trier

라스 폰 트리에

拉斯·冯·提尔

لارس فون تریه

Lars von 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.