Biography
Lars von Trier, born in Kongens Lyngby in 1956, is a Danish film director and screenwriter. After studying film at the University of Copenhagen he attended the National Film School of Denmark from 1979 to 1982, and it was during this period that he added the “von” to his name. Together with Niels Vørsel he wrote the Europe trilogy of “The Element of Crime” (1984), “Epidemic” (1987) and “Europa” (1991), as well as the television series “Riget” (“The Kingdom”), whose seasons appeared in 1994, 1997 and 2022. In 1992 he founded the production company Zentropa with producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen, and in 1995 he launched the Dogme 95 movement with Thomas Vinterberg and other Danish directors. At Cannes he won the Grand Prix for “Breaking the Waves” (1996) and the Palme d’Or for “Dancer in the Dark” (2000); his later films include “Dogville” (2003), “Melancholia” (2011) and “Nymphomaniac” (2013). The stage version of “The Kingdom”, titled “Hospital der Geister” in German, was first performed in German at Schauspielhaus Graz in 2023 and opened at Deutsches Theater Berlin in 2025.
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