Lars von Trier

Director and writer. Born 30 April 1956 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Titles on Fi1m7 directing · 1 producing

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 7 titles

Cannes prizes2 won

Born

30 April 1956, Copenhagen, Denmark

Active

1984–2012

Frequently works with

Vibeke Windeløv, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Meta Louise Foldager, Niels Vørsel, Stellan Skarsgård

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

68Fi1m

57Critics

We rate Lars’s work 11 points above the press, across 7 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above2

60 to 793

Under 602

Of 7 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Lead roles: 0 of 1 billed first or second
Reviewed: 7 films
Screen time: 16 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $103m across 6 films with figures
Cannes Film Festival: 2 Cannes prizes2 won
Active: 1984–2012

Genres

Drama7
Crime3
Science Fiction2
Thriller2
Comedy1
Horror1

Best and worst on Fi1m

82BestBreaking the Waves1996

54WorstThe Idiots1998

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

51960s

41970s

71980s

111990s

322000s

92010s

22020s

Co-stars most worked with

Charlotte Gainsbourg2 titles

Stellan Skarsgård2 titles

Producers most worked with

Vibeke Windeløv4 titles

Meta Louise Foldager2 titles