Danish director. Most possibly the true
founder of the
Dogme 95. Born
1956. Has made a
bunch of prize nominated/winning short movies. Among his more known pieces are
Europa from
1991,
Breaking the Waves from
1996 and
The Idiots from
1998. Several of those awarded prestigious prizes in Cannes. His tv-series
Riget (
The Kingdom) tied millions of viewers to the tv-screen in
Denmark, and has made it to some of its
neighbouring
countries as well and secured him an unexpected and
broad popularity. His latest project,
Dancer in the Dark featuring
Björk won the golden palms of
Cannes in the year
2000.
Trier has a
personality that can seem very crazy, but not in the
Crazy Eddie manner. His entire way of thinking tends to
scare people. This often results in his movies being
excellent pieces of
art.