Happy 64th Birthday, Lars von Trier! Born today in 1956, this Danish screenwriter and film director has a prolific and controversial career spanning almost four decades.
Among his more than one hundred awards and two hundred nominations at film festivals worldwide, von Trier has received the following below.
This includes the Technical Grand Prize (for 'The Element of Crime') at the 37th Cannes Film Festival and for 'Europa' at the 44th Cannes Film Festival), the Prix du Jury (also for 'Europa'), the Grand Prix (for 'Breaking the Waves') at the 49th Cannes Film Festival and the Palme d'Or (for 'Dancer in the Dark') at the 53rd Cannes Film Festival.
After 'Europa', von Trier created and co-directed the 1994 four-episode Danish horror/mystery fiction television miniseries Riget (The Kingdom).
It had been edited together into a five-hour film for distribution in the United States and United Kingdom. The miniseries was also co-directed by Danish film director and screenwriter Morten Arnfred.
It had been edited together into a five-hour film for distribution in the United States and United Kingdom. The miniseries was also co-directed by Danish film director and screenwriter Morten Arnfred.
In 1995, von Trier and Danis film director Thomas Vinterberg ('Festen' or 'The Celebration') presented their manifesto for a new cinematic movement, which they called Dogme 95.
The Dogme 95 concept, eventually led to international interest in Danish film. It inspired filmmakers all over the world. which established rules for simplifying movie production.
The first quartet of episodes for Riget ended with numerous questions unanswered.
In 1997, the cast reassembled to produce another group of four episodes, Riget II (The Kingdom II). This miniseries was again co-directed by von Trier and Arnfred.
In 1997, the cast reassembled to produce another group of four episodes, Riget II (The Kingdom II). This miniseries was again co-directed by von Trier and Arnfred.
In 2008, together with their fellow Dogme filmmakers, Danish director Kristian Levring and Danish film director, musician and songwriter Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, von Trier and Vinterberg received the European film award for European Achievement in World Cinema.
Von Trier achieved his greatest international success with his Golden Heart trilogy. Each film in the trilogy is about naive heroines who maintain their "golden hearts" despite the tragedies they experience.
While all three films are sometimes associated with the Dogme 95 movement, only the second installment, 'Idioterne' ('The Idiots') is a certified Dogme 95 film.
Von Trier is the founder and shareholder of the international film production company Zentropa Films, which has sold more than three hundred and fifty million tickets and garnered seven Academy Award nominations over the past twenty-five years.
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.
Von Trier has been active from 1967–present.
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