Von Biography: Nationality, Net Worth, Ethnicity, Parents, Wedding

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Short Info

Mark

Frequently casts Udo Kier

Fact

Von Trier's mother, a civil service worker named Inger Høst, confessed shortly before her death that his real father was not Ulf Trier (another ministry worker) but rather her employer, Fritz Michael Hartmann; she explained she wanted a man with "artistic genes," and Hartmann, a member of an illustrious family of Danish composers including Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann and Niels Viggo Bentzon, seemed to fit the bill.

Von is a famous American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He was born on July 23, 1967, in Los Angeles, California, to African-American parents. His father was a professional football player and his mother was a homemaker. Von has two younger sisters. He was raised in a middle-class neighborhood and attended local schools. Von was a good student and was active in sports and music. He played the drums in a local band and also wrote rap songs. After graduating from high school, Von attended college for a year but then dropped out to pursue his music career.

Von’s career began in the early 1990s when he released his first album, “Funkdafied.” The album was a success and launched Von’s career. He has since released several more albums, including “Ghetto D.” Von has also produced albums for other artists, including Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. He has won several awards for his work, including two Grammy Awards.

Von is one of the most successful rappers in the world and has an estimated net worth of $100 million. He has been married twice and has four children. Von is also an active philanthropist and has donated millions of dollars to charities, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

Accomplishments

Movies

Antichrist, Melancholia, Dogville, Dancer in the Dark, Breaking the Waves, The Idiots, Manderlay, Europa, The Element of Crime, The Boss of It All, The House That Jack Built, The Five Obstructions, Medea, Epidemic, Images of Liberation, The Orchid Gardener, To Each His Own Cinema, Dear Wendy, The Tr...

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Marks

#	Marks / Signs
1	His movies often contain real sex scenes.
2	Philisophical and sometimes witty yet disturbing dialogue
3	Uses various editing tricks
4	His films are often made as part of a trilogy (Golden Heart trilogy, USA trilogy, the Depression trilogy)
5	Chaptering of his films, including the use of stylistic prologues and epilogues.
6	The majority of his feature films have a female lead who experiences some form of transcendence after battling through harsh adversity.
7	Shoots digitally, encorporating imperfect hand-held camera movements that go in and out of focus.
8	Often casts Charlotte Gainsbourg.
9	Often casts Stellan Skarsgård.
10	Fequently casts Jean-Marc Barr
11	Frequently casts Udo Kier
12	Hypnosis figures significantly in many of his films

Quotes

#	Quote
1	[on the problems of being sober] Who the hell cares about The Rolling Stones when you don't have a sense that they've just emptied a bottle of Jack Daniels? That's nonsense. Or Jimi Hendrix without heroin or whatever he was on. That's rubbish; we can't be bothered with that. We don't want that, because we want their special approach through something mysterious, which is still somehow connected to various intoxicants, right? But when I work, I'll miss the intoxication, or rather, I may come to miss it. That's the point. I think it's really dreary to try to be sober. But I am. [2014]
2	When you shoot a film, it's hard work, and you tend to drink more. ... I've taken other drugs that helped me a lot - that was kind of the way I worked. But drinking is more to overcome some anxiety.
3	Everything is going to Hell, but we should smile all the way.
4	[press conference at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, following the screening of Melancholia (2011)] I really wanted to be a Jew and then I found out I was really a Nazi, you know, because my family was German, which also gave me some pleasure. [Hitler] did some wrong things, absolutely, but I can see him sitting in his bunker at the end. He's not what you call a good guy, but I understand much about him and I sympathize with him.
5	I want to be surrounded by porn people who love me for what I am, who say, 'Where do you want the erection, where do you want the penetration?' Where it's not complicated.
6	I am the best film director in the world. [following the screening of Antichrist (2009) at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival]
7	I would say that I am a poor Christian, I'm not a believer. It was this idea very early in my life that life on earth, nature or man could not be a creation of a merciful God.
8	I think it's a very strange question that I have to excuse myself [for writing and directing Antichrist]. I don't feel that. You are all my guests, it's not the other way around. (At the Cannes Festival Press Conference when asked to explain and justify why he made Antichrist (2009))
9	Forget all the excuses, 'the childish fascination' and 'the all embracing humility', for this is my confession, black on white: I, Lars von Trier, am but a simple masturbator of the silver screen.
10	Jeg er vel ligesom alle andre mennesker. Jeg er glad for priser - Men de gør mig ikke lykkelig" (I am like all other people. I am pleased with prizes, but they don't make me happy) [when asked what the prizes his movies won meant to him]
11	"Jeg er et sted ligenu hvor det roder mere end det plejer" ("I am at a place right now, where it's more messy than usual" - When asked about his mental state.
12	A big part of our lives has to do with America. In our country it is overwhelming. I feel there could just as well be an American military presence in Denmark. We are a nation under a very bad influence, because I think Bush is an asshole and doing a lot of really stupid things. America is sitting on the world and therefore I am making films about it. I'd say 60% of the things I have experienced in my life are American, so in fact I am an American. But I can't go there and vote. That's why I am making films about America.
13	Since I have said I am 60% American I can say there is one thing that kills any debate - an American disease called political correctness, which is a fear of talking ... What makes me a little bit sad is that there's an American TV show in which the president of the US is black. People say, 'Oh look, that's OK, there's a black president on TV.' That's completely humiliating because that's not how it is. There's no black president. Political correctness kills discussion.
14	American studios give money to directors to educate them away from their creative fingerprint, even if that's the reason they wanted them in the first place. I've avoided that fate by making movies here. You have to fight the urge to do a big action movie. You avoid 'Batman.' The bigger it is, the worse it is.
15	There are a lot of Americans I sympathise with very much, but not the Government right now, no. We just do not agree on politics, but that's not being Anti-American. I am critical about a country with a system that allows so many losers. I think that is wrong.
16	Put my American trilogy together and you'll have one hell of a grim evening. And you will not be entertained at all!
17	If his creation is so great, why does God want us on our knees?
18	My films are about ideals that clash with the world. Every time it's a man in the lead, they have forgotten about the ideals. And everytime it's a woman in the lead, they take the ideals all the way.
19	I don't think I tortured Nicole on Dogville (2003), but I know she said I was tough.
20	Basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking.
21	A film should be like a rock in the shoe.

Facts

#	Fact
1	Shares birthday with Jane Campion and Jacques Audiard. The three directors/writers are all winners of the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
2	He was due in 2007 to begin work on a horror movie, Antichrist, which postulates the Earth was created by Satan rather than God. However, it was reported in May 2007 that he was suffering from depression and might cease film-making altogether. [May 2007]
3	After speaking on a public appearance from Lars Von Trier at the University of Copenhagen, film and media studies, 22/11-06, he expressed interest in making a horror film. It is apparently under development. [November 2006]
4	Directed one Oscar nominated performance: Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves (1996).
5	He has directed three actresses to the Best Actress Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Björk for Dancer in the Dark (2000), Charlotte Gainsbourg for Antichrist (2009) and Kirsten Dunst for Melancholia (2011).
6	Was declared 'persona non grata' at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival after claiming to understand Adolph Hitler and joking about being a Nazi at the official press conference for his competition film, Melancholia (2011). In October 2011, five months after the festival, von Trier declared that he would refrain from all future public statements and interviews as a result of the controversy.
7	Many famous directors and actors have shown their appreciation of von Trier's work. Quentin Tarantino mentions Von Trier's Dogville (2003) as his idea of the best manuscript ever written, Paul Thomas Anderson said he would "carry Lars von Trier's luggage anywhere", Martin Scorsese has Breaking the Waves (1996) listed on his top 10 films of the 90s and Johnny Depp recently said this in a Danish film magazine: "Tell von Trier I'm waiting for an offer, when he is ready, so am I".
8	Has said that one of his favourite films is The Philadelphia Story (1940).
9	Udo Kier is the godfather of his daughter Agnes.
10	Added the "von" to his birth name (Lars Trier) as an homage to director Josef von Sternberg.
11	Has never visited the US.
12	He was scheduled to direct the four operas of Wagner's Ring at the 2006 edition of the Bayreuth Festival in Germany, but withdrew from the project in 2004 and stated through the festival that he felt that it would exceed his powers and that he did not feel able to fulfil his own ambitions.
13	He was awarded UNICEF's 'Cinema for Peace Award' at the 2004 Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival). He got the award because almost all of his films deal with subjects like mercy and ethics.
14	Steven Spielberg offered him the chance to direct a film in America after he saw Europa (1991) but von Trier turned the script down.
15	The year von Trier won the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, he almost did not attend the ceremony. He has so many phobias, he could only make the trip in a specially outfitted trailer.
16	Helped form a collective known as Dogme 95 with a group of other filmmakers. The collective agreed to make films following certain rules, such as using only hand held cameras and shooting only on location.
17	Nephew of filmmaker Børge Høst.
18	Von Trier's mother, a civil service worker named Inger Høst, confessed shortly before her death that his real father was not Ulf Trier (another ministry worker) but rather her employer, Fritz Michael Hartmann; she explained she wanted a man with "artistic genes," and Hartmann, a member of an illustrious family of Danish composers including Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann and Niels Viggo Bentzon, seemed to fit the bill.
19	Added 'von' to his name because his peers at the Danish Film School called him so.
20	Broke up with his pregnant wife and moved in with their (much younger) babysitter. [1996]
21	In 1995, his dying mother told her son on her deathbed that the man he believed was his father was, in fact, was not. Following her death, he tracked down his biological father, a 90-year-old man who after four combative meetings told him that, if he wanted to speak to him again, he could do it through his lawyer.

Pictures

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Movies

Writer

Title	Year	Status
Idioterne	1998	writer
Riget		TV Mini-Series 4 episodes, 1997 writer - 3 episodes, 1994 screenplay - 1 episode, 1994
Breaking the Waves	1996	written by - as Lars Von Trier
Marathon	1996	TV Series concept - 6 episodes
Lærerværelset	1994	TV Series concept - 6 episodes
Europa	1991
Medea	1988	TV Movie adaptation
Epidemic	1987	screenplay - as Lars Von Trier
The Element of Crime	1984
Befrielsesbilleder	1982
Nocturne	1980/I	Short
Menthe - la bienheureuse	1979	Short writer
Orchidégartneren	1977	Short
En blomst	1971	Short as Lars Trier
Hvorfor flygte fra det du ved du ikke kan flygte fra? Fordi du er en kujon	1970	Short as Lars Trier
En røvsyg oplevelse	1969	Short as Lars Trier
Et skakspil	1969	Short as Lars Trier
Nat, skat	1968	Short as Lars Trier
Turen til Squashland	1967	Short as Lars Trier
The House That Jack Built	2018	pre-production
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I	2013	written by
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II	2013	written by
Selma Jezková	2011	Video based on the screenplay by
Melancholia	2011	written by
Dimension 1991-2024	2010	Video short
Antichrist	2009	written by
De unge år: Erik Nietzsche sagaen del 1	2007	as Erik Nietzsche
Direktøren for det hele	2006
Klovn	2005	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Manderlay	2005	written by - as Lars Von Trier
Dear Wendy	2004	written by
Kingdom Hospital		TV Series 2 episodes, 2004 original mini-series - 5 episodes, 2004 based on the mini-series "The Kingdom" written by - 3 episodes, 2004
Dogville: The Pilot	2003	Video short
De fem benspænd	2003	Documentary idea - uncredited / script - segment "The Perfect Human: Avedøre, Denmark"
Dogville	2003	written by - as Lars Von Trier
Dancer in the Dark	2000	written by - as Lars Von Trier
De udstillede	2000	Documentary

Director

Title	Year	Status
The House That Jack Built	2018	pre-production
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I	2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II	2013
Melancholia	2011
Dimension 1991-2024	2010	Video short
Antichrist	2009
Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence	2007	segment "Occupations"
Direktøren for det hele	2006
Manderlay	2005	as Lars Von Trier
Dogville: The Pilot	2003	Video short
De fem benspænd	2003	Documentary segment "The Perfect Human: Avedøre, Denmark", uncredited
Dogville	2003	as Lars Von Trier
D-dag - Den færdige film	2001	TV Movie
Dancer in the Dark	2000	as Lars Von Trier
D-dag	2000	TV Movie
D-dag - Lise	2000	TV Movie
Idioterne	1998	uncredited
Riget	1994-1997	TV Mini-Series 8 episodes
Breaking the Waves	1996	as Lars Von Trier
Lærerværelset	1994	TV Series 6 episodes
Europa	1991
Medea	1988	TV Movie
Epidemic	1987
The Element of Crime	1984	as Lars Von Trier
Befrielsesbilleder	1982
Den sidste detalje	1981	Short
Nocturne	1980/I	Short
Menthe - la bienheureuse	1979	Short
Orchidégartneren	1977	Short
En blomst	1971	Short as Lars Trier
Hvorfor flygte fra det du ved du ikke kan flygte fra? Fordi du er en kujon	1970	Short as Lars Trier
En røvsyg oplevelse	1969	Short as Lars Trier
Et skakspil	1969	Short as Lars Trier
Nat, skat	1968	Short as Lars Trier
Turen til Squashland	1967	Short as Lars Trier

Producer

Title	Year	Status
A Royal Affair	2012	executive producer
The Erotic Man	2010	producer
All About Anna	2005	Video co-executive producer - uncredited
Kingdom Hospital	2004	TV Series executive producer - 7 episodes
Visions of Europe	2004	producer
South	2004	co-producer
I kajak til verdens ende	2000	TV Movie documentary executive producer
Italiensk for begyndere	2000	associate producer - uncredited
HotMen CoolBoyz	2000	Video co-executive producer - uncredited
Morten Korch - Ved stillebækken		TV Series executive producer - 21 episodes, 1999 - 2000 creative producer - 5 episodes, 1999 producer - 2 episodes, 1999
Pink Prison	1999	Video co-executive producer - uncredited
Constance	1998	Video co-executive producer - uncredited

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
De unge år: Erik Nietzsche sagaen del 1	2007		Narrator (voice)
Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence	2007		The filmmaker (segment "Occupations")
Direktøren for det hele	2006		Narrator (uncredited)
Idioterne	1998		Interviewer (voice, uncredited)
Europa	1991		Jew
En verden til forskel	1989		Cab Driver
The Element of Crime	1984		Schmuck of Ages (as Lars Von Trier)
Kaptajn Klyde og hans venner vender tilbage	1980
Nocturne	1980/I	Short	Masked Man Bashing Through Window (uncredited)
Menthe - la bienheureuse	1979	Short	The Driver
Orchidégartneren	1977	Short	Victor Morse
Hemmelig sommer	1969	Short	Lars (as Lars Trier)

Cinematographer

Title	Year	Status
Idioterne	1998	as Lars Von Trier
Menthe - la bienheureuse	1979	Short
Orchidégartneren	1977	Short
En blomst	1971	Short as Lars Trier
Hvorfor flygte fra det du ved du ikke kan flygte fra? Fordi du er en kujon	1970	Short as Lars Trier
En røvsyg oplevelse	1969	Short as Lars Trier
Et skakspil	1969	Short as Lars Trier
Nat, skat	1968	Short as Lars Trier
Turen til Squashland	1967	Short as Lars Trier

Editor

Title	Year	Status
Epidemic	1987	as Lars Von Trier
Menthe - la bienheureuse	1979	Short
Orchidégartneren	1977	Short
En blomst	1971	Short as Lars Trier
Hvorfor flygte fra det du ved du ikke kan flygte fra? Fordi du er en kujon	1970	Short as Lars Trier
En røvsyg oplevelse	1969	Short as Lars Trier
Et skakspil	1969	Short as Lars Trier
Nat, skat	1968	Short as Lars Trier
Turen til Squashland	1967	Short as Lars Trier

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status
A Royal Affair	2012	script supervisor
Les amours perdues	2011	Short consultant
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself	2002	script consultant
Europa	1991	continuity / shooting script
The Element of Crime	1984	shooting script

Camera Department

Title	Year	Status
Manderlay	2005	camera operator - as Lars Von Trier
Dogville	2003	camera operator - as Lars Von Trier
Dancer in the Dark	2000	camera operator - as Lars Von Trier
Epidemic	1987	camera operator: 16 mm - as Lars Von Trier
The Element of Crime	1984	camera operator: second unit - as Lars Von Trier

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
Idol	2004	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The 73rd Annual Academy Awards	2001	TV Special writer: "I've Seen It All"
Dancer in the Dark	2000	writer: "CVALDA", "I'VE SEEN IT ALL", "SMITH & WESSON", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 1", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 2", "107 STEPS", "NEXT TO LAST SONG", "NEW WORLD OVERTURE"
Europa	1991	writer: "Europa Aria"
Epidemic	1987	lyrics: "Epidemic We All Fall Down" - as Lars Von Trier

Assistant Director

Title	Year	Status
D-dag - Boris	2000	TV Movie assistant director
D-dag - Carl	2000	TV Movie assistant director
D-dag - Niels-Henning	2000	TV Movie assistant director

Music Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Dancer in the Dark	2000	composer: lyrics - as Lars Von Trier

Thanks

Title	Year	Status
Flaskepost fra P	2016	thanks
Vogn 347	2011	Short special thanks
Genau	2011	inspired by
Kvinden der drømte om en mand	2010	thanks
Explicit Ills	2008	special thanks
Europa: The Faecal Location	2005	Video documentary short special thanks
Dogville Confessions	2003	Documentary thanks
Huutajat - Screaming Men	2003	Documentary thanks
Olsen Bandens sidste stik	1998	very special thanks
Love Fools	1998	thanks
Kvinnan i det låsta rummet	1998	TV Mini-Series thanks
Tranceformer - A Portrait of Lars von Trier	1997	Documentary special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Arteholic	2014	Documentary	Himself
Trespassing Bergman	2013	Documentary	Himself - Interviewee
Side by Side	2012	Documentary	Himself
MENTALLUSIONS: Radical Eclectic Films of Benjamin Meade	2012		Himself
The Story of Film: An Odyssey	2011	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself - Interviewee
Días de cine	2009-2011	TV Series	Himself
Store danskere	2011	TV Series documentary	Himself
Cinema 3	2000-2011	TV Series	Himself
Gomorron	2003-2011	TV Series	Himself - Från Cannes / Himself
TV Festival Du Cannes 2011	2011	TV Movie	Himself
Bag i Klovn - The Movie	2010	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes	2010	TV Movie documentary	Himself (uncredited)
...Men filmen är min älskarinna	2010	Documentary	Himself
Antichrist: Confessions About Anxiety	2009	Video short	Himself - Director
Antichrist: The Evil of Women	2009	Video short	Himself - Director
Eden: The Production Design of Antichrist	2009	Video short	Himself
The Sound and Music of Antichrist	2009	Video short	Himself - Director
The Three Beggars: The Animals of Antichrist	2009	Video short	Himself
The Visual Style of Antichrist	2009	Video short	Himself
At the Movies	2009	TV Series	Himself
TV Festival Du Cannes 2009	2009	TV Movie	Himself
The 2008 European Film Awards	2008	TV Special	Himself - World Cinema Achievement Award Recipient
Automavison - Det nye regelsæt	2007	Video documentary short	Himself
Filmbyen, la nouvelle Mecque du cinéma?	2007	Documentary	Himself
The World of Strings	2006	Video documentary	Himself
Bucht der Milliardäre	2006	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Etre présent	2006	Documentary	Himself
The Road to Manderlay	2005	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Cannes Experience: Manderlay 2005	2005	Video documentary short	Himself / Director
Den idiotiske filtersætning	2005	Video documentary short	Himself
Det danske dogmeri	2005	Video documentary	Himself - Director
Tilbageblik på Idioterne	2005	Video documentary short	Himself
A Conversation with Lars von Trier	2005	Documentary short	Himself
Klovn	2005	TV Series	Himself
A Conversation with Lars von Trier About the Europe Trilogy	2005	Video documentary short	Himself - Director
Caiga quien caiga	2005	TV Series	Himself
Comme au cinéma	2005	TV Series documentary	Himself
Lettre	2005	TV Series documentary	Himself
Sunshine Airlines	2005	TV Series documentary	Himself
Letters to Dear Wendy	2005	TV Special documentary	Himself - Screenwriter
American Short	2004	Documentary short	Himself
De fem benspænd	2003	Documentary	Himself / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations")
Dogville Confessions	2003	Documentary	Himself
Trier, Kidman og Cannes	2003	TV Special documentary short	Himself
De lutrede	2003	Documentary	Himself
Wag the Dogma	2001	Short documentary
The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards	2001	TV Special	Himself (as Lars Von Trier)
Mens vi venter på kometen	2001	TV Series documentary	Himself
100 Cameras	2000	Video documentary short	Himself - Writer & Director (as Lars Von Trier)
Von Trier's 100 øjne	2000	Documentary	Himself
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95	2000	Documentary	Himself
Reflets dans un coeur d'or	2000	Documentary short	Himself
De udstillede	2000	Documentary	Himself
D-dag - Instruktørene	2000	TV Movie documentary	Himself (directing)
FreeDogme	2000	Video documentary	Himself
Foot on the Moon	1999	Documentary	Himself
Kopisten	1999	Short	Himself
Morten Korch - Solskin kan man altid finde	1999	Documentary	Himself
Store Klaus og lille Lars	1999	TV Series documentary	Himself
De ydmygede	1999	Documentary	Himself
I Lars von Triers rige	1999	TV Short documentary	Himself
Lars from 1-10	1998	Documentary short	Himself
Söndagsöppet	1998	TV Series	Himself
Im Laboratorium des Doktor von Trier: Zurück zur Magie des Kinos	1998	TV Special documentary	Himself - Director
Tranceformer - A Portrait of Lars von Trier	1997	Documentary	Himself
Riget	1994-1997	TV Mini-Series	Himself
Bagom Riget II og Lars von Trier: Instruktøren holder fridag	1997	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Bodilfesten 1997	1997	TV Special	Himself - Winner (Best Picture) (pre-recorded message)
I Am Curious, Film	1995	Documentary	Himself
I Lars von Triers rige - en mand og hans tv-serie	1994	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Director
Eurotrash	1993	TV Series documentary	Himself
Portræt af: Lars von Trier	1991	TV Special documentary	Himself
The Making of 'Europa'	1991	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Director
Triers element	1991	TV Special documentary	Himself - Director
Epidemic	1987		Himself / Dr. Mesmer (as Lars Von Trier)
Ennenstadt Europa - Om Lars von Trier og 'Forbrydelsens element'	1984	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Film Director

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Man Behind the Throne	2013	Documentary	Himself
Zulu Awards '12 - Det store show	2012	TV Special	Himself - Nominee: What We Talked About in 2011
2011 Samsung AACTA Awards	2012	TV Special	Himself - Director
Breakfast	2011	TV Series	Himself - Director
Antichrist: Chaos Reigns at the Cannes Filmfestival 2009	2009	Video short	Himself
Antichrist: Behind the Test	2009	Video documentary short	Himself - Director
Cinema mil	2005	TV Series	Himself
Anecdotes from 'Europa'	2005	Video documentary short	Himself
Europa: The Faecal Location	2005	Video documentary short	Himself (uncredited)
From Dreyer to von Trier: An Interview with Cinematographer Henning Bendtsen	2005	Video documentary short	Himself (uncredited)
Lars von Trier Anecdotes	2005	TV Special documentary short	Himself
Épreuves d'artistes	2004	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Året der gik 2003	2003	TV Special	Himself - Film Director
TV 2 003 - Året i ord og billeder	2003	TV Special documentary	Himself (uncredited)
Digtere, divaer og dogmebrødre	2001	TV Series documentary	Himself

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2015	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)	Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
2015	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Director (Årets instruktør)	Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
2015	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Original Screenplay (Årets originale manuskript)	Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
2015	Cinema Eye Honors Award	Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US	The Influentials	De fem benspænd (2003)
2015	IOMA	Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)	Best European Film (Miglior film europeo)	Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
2012	Ole	Ole Awards	Best Film (Bedste film)	Melancholia (2011)
2012	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)	Melancholia (2011)
2012	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Director (Årets instruktør)	Melancholia (2011)
2012	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Screenplay (Årets manuskript)	Melancholia (2011)
2012	Critics Award	SESC Film Festival, Brazil	Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)	Melancholia (2011)
2012	Bodil	Bodil Awards	Best Film (Bedste danske film)	Melancholia (2011)
2012	Gopos Award	Gopo Awards, Romania	Best European Film	Melancholia (2011)
2012	IOMA	Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)	Special Prize for the Best European Film (Premio speciale al miglior film europeo)	Melancholia (2011)
2011	European Film Award	European Film Awards	European Film	Melancholia (2011)
2010	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)	Antichrist (2009)
2010	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Director (Årets instruktør)	Antichrist (2009)
2010	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Screenplay (Årets manuskript)	Antichrist (2009)
2010	Yoga Award	Yoga Awards	Worst Foreign Film	Antichrist (2009)
2010	Bodil	Bodil Awards	Best Film (Bedste danske film)	Antichrist (2009)
2009	Titra Film Award	Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival		Antichrist (2009)
2009	Nordic Council's Film Prize	Nordic Council		Antichrist (2009)
2008	Bremen Film Award	Bremen Film Award
2008	Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema	European Film Awards
2005	Critics Award	SESC Film Festival, Brazil	Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)	Dogville (2003)
2005	Audience Award	SESC Film Festival, Brazil	Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)	Dogville (2003)
2005	Audience Award	SESC Film Festival, Brazil	Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro)	Dogville (2003)
2005	50th Anniversary Prize	Valladolid International Film Festival		Manderlay (2005)
2004	IOMA	Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)	Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale)	Dogville (2003)
2004	FIPRESCI Prize	Motovun Film Festival		De fem benspænd (2003)
2004	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Screenplay (Årets manuskript)	Dogville (2003)
2004	Audience Award	Sofia International Film Festival	Best Film	Dogville (2003)
2004	Bodil	Bodil Awards	Best Film (Bedste danske film)	Dogville (2003)
2004	David	David di Donatello Awards	Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea)	Dogville (2003)
2004	Guild Film Award - Silver	Guild of German Art House Cinemas	Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)	Dogville (2003)
2003	Honorary Award	Copenhagen International Film Festival		Dogville (2003)
2003	European Film Award	European Film Awards	European Director	Dogville (2003)
2001	OFTA Film Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Music, Original Song	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	Golden Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Original Song	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	Critics Award	SESC Film Festival, Brazil	Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	Critics Award	SESC Film Festival, Brazil	Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro)	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	Audience Award	SESC Film Festival, Brazil	Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	Audience Award	SESC Film Festival, Brazil	Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro)	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	Audience Award	Turia Awards	Best Foreign Film	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	Blue Ribbon Award	Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Foreign Language Film	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	Goya	Goya Awards	Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	Independent Spirit Award	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Foreign Film	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2000	Audience Award	Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival		Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2000	Palme d'Or	Cannes Film Festival		Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2000	Audience Award	European Film Awards	Best European Director	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
1999	International Fantasy Film Award	Fantasporto	Best Director	Riget (1994)
1999	International Fantasy Film Award	Fantasporto	Best Screenplay	Riget (1994)
1998	FIPRESCI Prize	London Film Festival		Idioterne (1998)
1998	Critics Award	SESC Film Festival, Brazil	Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1998	Czech Lion	Czech Lions	Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1997	NSFC Award	National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA	Best Director	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1997	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1997	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Screenplay (Årets manuskript)	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1997	Golden Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1997	Best Film	Uruguay International Film Festival		Breaking the Waves (1996)
1997	Bodil	Bodil Awards	Best Film (Bedste danske film)	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1997	César	César Awards, France	Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1997	Fotogramas de Plata	Fotogramas de Plata	Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1996	Baltic Film Prize for a Nordic Feature Film	Lübeck Nordic Film Days		Breaking the Waves (1996)
1996	Prize of the Ecumenical Jury	Lübeck Nordic Film Days		Breaking the Waves (1996)
1996	NYFCC Award	New York Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Director	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1996	Nordisk Film Award	Nordisk Film Award
1996	FIPRESCI Prize	Stockholm Film Festival	Northern Lights Section	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1996	Most Popular Film	Vancouver International Film Festival		Breaking the Waves (1996)
1996	Adolf Grimme Award	Adolf Grimme Awards, Germany	Series/Miniseries	Riget (1994)
1996	Amanda	Amanda Awards, Norway	Best Nordic Feature Film (Nordisk Amanda)	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1996	Grand Prize of the Jury	Cannes Film Festival		Breaking the Waves (1996)
1996	FIPRESCI Prize	European Film Awards		Breaking the Waves (1996)
1996	President Award	Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival	Best Director	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1996	Bronze Cable for Innovation	Golden Cable, Germany		Riget (1994)
1995	Best Director	Karlovy Vary International Film Festival		Riget (1994)
1995	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Screenplay (Årets manuskript)	Riget (1994)
1995	Bodil	Bodil Awards	Best Film (Bedste danske film)	Riget (1994)
1992	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)	Europa (1991)
1992	Bodil	Bodil Awards	Best Film (Bedste danske film)	Europa (1991)
1992	International Fantasy Film Award	Fantasporto	Best Director	Europa (1991)
1991	Best Film	Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival		Europa (1991)
1991	Bronze Horse	Stockholm Film Festival		Europa (1991)
1991	Jury Prize	Cannes Film Festival		Europa (1991)
1991	Technical Grand Prize	Cannes Film Festival		Europa (1991)
1991	Best Artistic Contribution	Cannes Film Festival		Europa (1991)
1991	Grand Prix	Ghent International Film Festival		Europa (1991)
1990	Night Dreamer Award	NatFilm Festival
1986	International Fantasy Film Award	Fantasporto	Best Director	Forbrydelsens element (1984)
1985	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)	Forbrydelsens element (1984)
1985	Bodil	Bodil Awards	Best Film (Bedste danske film)	Forbrydelsens element (1984)
1984	Josef von Sternberg Award	Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival		Forbrydelsens element (1984)
1984	Technical Grand Prize	Cannes Film Festival		Forbrydelsens element (1984)
1984	Silver Hugo	Chicago International Film Festival	Best Feature Film	Forbrydelsens element (1984)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2015	Eagle	Polish Film Awards	Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski)	Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
2015	Audience Award	Robert Festival		Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
2015	Gopos Award	Gopo Awards, Romania	Best European Film	Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
2014	Nordic Council's Film Prize	Nordic Council		Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
2014	Bodil	Bodil Awards	Best Film (Bedste danske film)	Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
2014	Audience Award	European Film Awards		Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
2014	European Film Award	European Film Awards	European Film	Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
2014	Halfway Award	International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)	Best Original Screenplay	Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
2012	IOMA	Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)	Best Director (Miglior regia)	Melancholia (2011)
2012	IOMA	Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)	Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale)	Melancholia (2011)
2012	OFCS Award	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Best Director	Melancholia (2011)
2012	White Elephant	Russian Guild of Film Critics	Best Foreign Film	Melancholia (2011)
2012	Zulu	Zulu Awards	Best Film (Årets danske film)	Melancholia (2011)
2012	AACTA International Award	Australian Film Institute	Best Screenplay	Melancholia (2011)
2012	AACTA International Award	Australian Film Institute	Best Direction	Melancholia (2011)
2012	Chlotrudis Award	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Director	Melancholia (2011)
2012	César	César Awards, France	Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)	Melancholia (2011)
2012	David	David di Donatello Awards	Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea)	Melancholia (2011)
2012	Gaudí Award	Gaudí Awards	Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea)	Melancholia (2011)
2012	Goya	Goya Awards	Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)	Melancholia (2011)
2012	Independent Spirit Award	Independent Spirit Awards	Best International Film	Melancholia (2011)
2012	Silver Ribbon	Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists	Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo)	Melancholia (2011)
2011	Palme d'Or	Cannes Film Festival		Melancholia (2011)
2011	DFCS Award	Denver Film Critics Society	Best Director	Melancholia (2011)
2011	European Film Award	European Film Awards	European Director	Melancholia (2011)
2011	European Film Award	European Film Awards	European Screenwriter	Melancholia (2011)
2011	Gopos Award	Gopo Awards, Romania	Best European Film	Antichrist (2009)
2010	Zulu	Zulu Awards	Best Film (Årets danske film)	Antichrist (2009)
2009	Narcisse Award	Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival	Best Feature Film	Antichrist (2009)
2009	EDA Special Mention Award	Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Hall of Shame	Antichrist (2009)
2009	Palme d'Or	Cannes Film Festival		Antichrist (2009)
2009	European Film Award	European Film Awards	European Director	Antichrist (2009)
2009	Fright Meter Award	Fright Meter Awards	Best Director	Antichrist (2009)
2008	Nordic Council's Film Prize	Nordic Council		De unge år: Erik Nietzsche sagaen del 1 (2007)
2007	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Screenplay, Original (Årets originalmanuskript)	Direktøren for det hele (2006)
2006	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)	Manderlay (2005)
2006	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Director (Årets instruktør)	Manderlay (2005)
2006	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Screenplay, Original (Årets originalmanuskript)	Manderlay (2005)
2006	Golden Seashell	San Sebastián International Film Festival		Direktøren for det hele (2006)
2006	Bodil	Bodil Awards	Best Film (Bedste danske film)	Manderlay (2005)
2005	Golden Spike	Valladolid International Film Festival		Manderlay (2005)
2005	Palme d'Or	Cannes Film Festival		Manderlay (2005)
2005	Chlotrudis Award	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Original Screenplay	Dogville (2003)
2004	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)	Dogville (2003)
2004	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Director (Årets instruktør)	Dogville (2003)
2004	César	César Awards, France	Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne)	Dogville (2003)
2004	Goya	Goya Awards	Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)	Dogville (2003)
2004	Silver Ribbon	Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists	Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)	Dogville (2003)
2003	Palme d'Or	Cannes Film Festival		Dogville (2003)
2003	CPH:DOX Award	CPH:DOX		De fem benspænd (2003)
2003	European Film Award	European Film Awards	European Screenwriter	Dogville (2003)
2003	Audience Award	European Film Awards	Best European Director	Dogville (2003)
2003	European Film Award	European Film Awards	European Documentary	De fem benspænd (2003)
2001	OFTA Film Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	OFTA Film Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Music, Original Score	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	OFTA Film Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Music, Original Song	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	OFCS Award	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Best Director	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	PFCS Award	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Original Song	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	Robert	Robert Festival	Best Director (Årets instruktør)	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Music, Original Song	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Original Song - Motion Picture	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	Bodil	Bodil Awards	Best Film (Bedste danske film)	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	CFCA Award	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Best Original Score	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	Chlotrudis Award	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Director	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
2001	César	César Awards, France	Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
1999	Bodil	Bodil Awards	Best Film (Bedste danske film)	Idioterne (1998)
1999	International Fantasy Film Award	Fantasporto	Best Film	Riget (1994)
1998	Golden Spike	Valladolid International Film Festival		Idioterne (1998)
1998	Palme d'Or	Cannes Film Festival		Idioterne (1998)
1998	European Film Award	European Film Awards	European Screenwriter	Idioterne (1998)
1997	Golden Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Director	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1997	CFCA Award	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Best Director	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1997	Goya	Goya Awards	Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1997	Independent Spirit Award	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Foreign Film	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1997	European Silver Ribbon	Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists		Breaking the Waves (1996)
1996	Honorable Mentions (The Next Ten Best Picture Contenders)	Awards Circuit Community Awards	Honorable Mentions	Breaking the Waves (1996)
1996	Palme d'Or	Cannes Film Festival		Breaking the Waves (1996)
1995	Crystal Globe	Karlovy Vary International Film Festival		Riget (1994)
1992	International Fantasy Film Award	Fantasporto	Best Film	Europa (1991)
1991	Palme d'Or	Cannes Film Festival		Europa (1991)
1988	International Fantasy Film Award	Fantasporto	Best Film	Epidemic (1987)
1986	International Fantasy Film Award	Fantasporto	Best Film	Forbrydelsens element (1984)
1985	Grand Prize	Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival		Forbrydelsens element (1984)
1984	Palme d'Or	Cannes Film Festival		Forbrydelsens element (1984)

2^nd Place Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2012	COFCA Award	Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Best Director	Melancholia (2011)
2011	VVFP Award	Village Voice Film Poll	Best Director	Melancholia (2011)
2011	ICP Award	Indiewire Critics' Poll	Best Director	Melancholia (2011)
1996	BSFC Award	Boston Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Director	Breaking the Waves (1996)

3^rd Place Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2012	NSFC Award	National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA	Best Director	Melancholia (2011)
2011	NYFCC Award	New York Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Director	Melancholia (2011)