Lars von Trier
Danish film director and screenwriter
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Lars von Trier is a Danish film director, producer, writer, actor, and songwriter. 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. His films offer confrontational examinations of existential, social, psychosexual, and political issues, and deal in subjects including mercy, sacrifice, and mental health. He frequently collaborates with the actors Jens Albinus, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier and Stellan Skarsgård.
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