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Lars von Trier  

 21ST CENTURY TOP 50 

Ranked 37th on The Guardian's 2004 List of the World's 40 Best Directors

501 Movie Directors: A Comprehensive Guide to the Greatest Filmmakers

Director / Screenwriter / Cinematographer
1956 - 
Born April 30, Copenhagen, Denmark
Key Genres: Drama, Mystery, Horror  TSPDT Rating: 6
Key Collaborators: Molly Malene Stensgaard (Editor), Udo Kier (Character Player), Vibeke Windelov (Producer), Jean-Marc Barr (Leading Character Player), Tomas Gislason (Screenwriter), Niers Vorsel (Screenwriter), Joakim Holbek (Composer), Ernst-Hugo Jaregard (Leading Player), Peter Aalbaek Jensen (Producer), Robby Muller (Cinematographer)
Recommended: The Kingdom II (1997) [co-directed by Morten Arnfred], Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Worth a Look: Element of Crime (1984), Breaking the Waves (1996), The Five Obstructions (2003) [co-directed by Jørgen Leth)
Links: [ IMDB ] [ TCMDB ] [ All-Movie Guide ] [ Senses of Cinema: Great Directors ] [ Film Reference ] [ Lars von Trier Web Space ] [ Lars von Trier Fan Site ] [ World Films Biography ] [ Bright Lights Film Journal Article ] [ Sight & Sound Interview (1996) ] [ LarsVonTrier.net ]
Books: [ Lars von Trier ] [ Lars von Trier: Interviews ] [ Dogme Uncut: Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, and the Gang That Took on Hollywood ] [ Trier on von Trier ]
DVD's: [ Amazon ] 
1,000 Greatest Films: Europa (1991), Breaking the Waves (1996)
21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films: Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), The Five Obstructions (2003) [co-directed by Jørgen Leth)
 
 
 
 
 

 

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