Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter whose provocative, formally inventive work has made him a major figure in international art cinema. He co-founded the Dogme 95 movement with Thomas Vinterberg and established the production company Zentropa with Peter Aalbæk Jensen. His notable films include *The Element of Crime*, *Breaking the Waves*, *Dancer in the Dark*, *Dogville*, *Melancholia*, and *The House That Jack Built*; *Dancer in the Dark* won the 2000 Palme d’Or at Cannes.