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Lars Von Trier Net Worth, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!

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Lars von Trier Biography

Lars von Trier is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on April 30, 1956 in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. Acclaimed independent director known for emotionally powerful films like Breaking The Waves and Melancholia.

He made the award-nominated film Dogville starring Nicole Kidman and notable for using only chalk outlines to represent sets.

Von Trier has occasionally referred to his films as falling into thematic and stylistic trilogies. This pattern began with The Element of Crime (1984), the first of the Europa trilogy, which illuminated traumatic periods in Europe both in the past and the future. It includes The Element of Crime (1984), Epidemic (1987), and Europa (1991).

In 1984, The Element of Crime, von Trier’s breakthrough film, received twelve awards at seven international festivals including the Technical Grand Prize at Cannes, and a nomination for the Palme d’Or. The film’s slow, non-linear pace, innovative and multi-leveled plot design, and dark dreamlike visual effects combine to create an allegory for traumatic European historical events.

He grew up in a New Age household. His parents refused to make any rules for their children.

NameLars von Trier
First NameLars
Last NameTrier
OccupationDirector
BirthdayApril 30
Birth Year1956
Place of BirthKongens Lyngby
Home Town
Birth CountryDenmark
Birth SignTaurus
Full/Birth Name
FatherNot Available
MotherNot Available
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseBente Frøge , Cæcilia Holbek Trier
Children(s)Selma Trier, Benjamin Trier, Agnes Trier, Ludvig Trier

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Von Trier directed Medea (1988) for television, which won him the Jean d’Arcy prize in France. It is based on a screenplay by Carl Th. Dreyer and stars Udo Kier. Trier completed the Europa trilogy in 1991 with Europa (released as Zentropa in the US), which won the Prix du Jury at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival, and picked up awards at other major festivals. In 1990 he also directed the music video for the song “Bakerman” by Laid Back. This video was re-used in 2006 by the English DJ and artist Shaun Baker in his remake of the song.

Lars von Trier Net Worth

Lars von Trier is one of the richest Director from Denmark. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lars von Trier's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His first breakthrough film was the 1984 The Element of Crime, which won the technical prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

He admitted to many phobias, including flying, all of which influenced his films.

Lars von Trier (born Lars Trier; 30 April 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter with a prolific and controversial career spanning almost four decades. His work is known for its genre and technical innovation; confrontational examination of existential, social, and political issues; and his treatment of subjects such as mercy, sacrifice, and mental health.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeDirector
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

In 1989, von Trier’s mother told him on her deathbed that the man von Trier thought was his biological father was not, and that he was the result of a liaison she had with her former employer, Fritz Michael Hartmann (1909–2000), who was descended from a long line of German-speaking, Roman Catholic classical musicians. Hartmann’s grandfather was Emil Hartmann, his great-grandfather J. P. E. Hartmann, his uncles included Niels Gade and Johan Ernst Hartmann, and Niels Viggo Bentzon was his cousin. She stated that she did this to give her son “artistic genes”.

Von Trier was born in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, north of Copenhagen, to Inger Høst and Fritz Michael Hartmann (the head of Denmark’s Ministry of Social Affairs and a World War II resistance fighter). He received his surname from Høst’s husband, Ulf Trier, whom he believed was his biological father until 1989.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Lars von Trier height 5 feet 7 inches Lars weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Height5 feet 7 inches
WeightNot Known
Body MeasurementsUnder Review
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His next film, Epidemic (1987), was also shown at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section. The film features two story lines that ultimately collide: the chronicle of two filmmakers (played by von Trier and screenwriter Niels Vørse) in the midst of developing a new project, and a dark science fiction tale of a futuristic plague – the very film von Trier and Vørsel are depicted making.

In 1995 von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg presented their manifesto for a new cinematic movement, which they called Dogme 95. The Dogme 95 concept, which led to international interest in Danish film, inspired filmmakers all over the world. In 2008, together with their fellow Dogme directors Kristian Levring and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg received the European film award for European Achievement in World Cinema.

Who is Lars von Trier Dating?

According to our records, Lars von Trier married to Bente Frøge , Cæcilia Holbek Trier . As of December 1, 2023, Lars von Trier’s is not dating anyone.

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Seeking financial independence and creative control over their projects, in 1992 von Trier and producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen founded the film production company Zentropa Entertainment. Named after a fictional railway company in Europa, their most recent film at the time, Zentropa has produced many movies other than Trier’s own, as well as several television series. It has also produced hardcore sex films: Constance (1998), Pink Prison (1999), HotMen CoolBoyz (2000), and All About Anna (2005). To make money for his newly founded company, von Trier made The Kingdom (Danish title Riget, 1994) and The Kingdom II (Riget II, 1997), a pair of miniseries recorded in the Danish national hospital, the name “Riget” being a colloquial name for the hospital known as Rigshospitalet (lit. The Kingdom’s Hospital) in Danish. A projected third season of the series was derailed by the death in 1998 of Ernst-Hugo Järegård, who played Dr. Helmer, and that of Kirsten Rolffes, who played Mrs. Drusse, in 2000, two of the major characters.

Facts & Trivia

Lars Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Denmark. Lars von Trier celebrates birthday on April 30 of every year.

Breaking the Waves (1996), the first film in his Golden Heart trilogy, won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival and featured Emily Watson, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Its grainy images, and hand-held photography, pointed towards Dogme 95 but violated several of the manifesto’s rules, and therefore does not qualify as a Dogme 95 film.

What is Lars von Trier known for?

Lars von Trier, original name Lars Trier, (born April 30, 1956, Copenhagen, Denmark), Danish film director and cofounder of the Dogme 95 movement, whose films were known for their bleak worldview and controversial subject matter.

What are Lars von Trier movies about?

Appears in

What is Lars von Trier's best film?

  • # 1. BREAKING THE WAVES. Lars von Trier 1996.
  • # 2. THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS. Jørgen Leth & 1 more 2003.
  • # 3. ANTICHRIST. Lars von Trier 2009.
  • # 4. DOGVILLE. Lars von Trier 2003.
  • # 5. MANDERLAY. Lars von Trier 2005.
  • # 6. EUROPA. …
  • # 7. DANCER IN THE DARK. …
  • # 8. THE ELEMENT OF CRIME.

How many movies has Lars von Trier directed?

Lars von Trier
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active1967–present
Notable workEuropa (1991) Breaking the Waves (1996) Dancer in the Dark (2000) Dogville (2003) Antichrist (2009) Melancholia (2011) Nymphomaniac (2013) The House That Jack Built (2018)
MovementHyperrealism, Dogme 95, German Expressionism

Is the house that Jack built a true story?

The House That Jack Built: The True Story Behind the Marsden Grotto and the Search for Roman Treasure.

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