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FILM DIRECTOR

Lars von Trier

1956 - Today

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Lars von Trier (né Trier; 30 April 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. Beginning in the late-1960s as a child actor working on Danish television series Secret Summer, von Trier's career has spanned more than five decades. Considered a major figure of the European film industry, he and his works have been variously described as ambitious and provocative, as well as technically innovative. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lars von Trier has received more than 6,386,492 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 65 in 2019). Lars von Trier is the 46th most popular film director (up from 47th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 42nd in 2019) and the most popular Danish Film Director.

Lars von trier is most famous for his film "Antichrist."

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  • 6.4M

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  • 68.59

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  • 64

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  • 9.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lars von Trier ranks 46 out of 1,581Before him are Ken Loach, Tinto Brass, Michael Haneke, James Cameron, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Tim Burton. After him are Éric Rohmer, Abbas Kiarostami, Jacques Tati, Emir Kusturica, Takeshi Kitano, and William Wyler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Lars von Trier ranks 6Before him are Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson, Christoph Waltz, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and Steve Ballmer. After him are Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Christine Lagarde, Björn Borg, Tsai Ing-wen, Theresa May, and Bryan Cranston.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Lars von Trier ranks 39 out of 893Before him are Harald Bluetooth (935), Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770), Victor Borge (1909), Johannes V. Jensen (1873), Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946), and Frederick V of Denmark (1723). After him are Frederick III of Denmark (1609), Valdemar II of Denmark (1170), John, King of Denmark (1455), Frederick IV of Denmark (1671), Henrik Dam (1895), and Fredrik Bajer (1837).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Denmark

Among film directors born in Denmark, Lars von Trier ranks 1After him are Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889), Bille August (1948), Gabriel Axel (1918), Thomas Vinterberg (1969), Susanne Bier (1960), Henning Carlsen (1927), Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), Benjamin Christensen (1879), Erik Balling (1924), Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), and Jørgen Leth (1937).

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