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News •

Danish director Lars von Trier admitted to care centre for Parkinson’s disease • Feb. 13, 2025, 1:06 AM ET (Straits Times)
Director Lars von Trier admitted to care facility for Parkinson’s disease • Feb. 12, 2025, 2:55 PM ET (South China Morning Post)

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Also Known As Lars Trier
Born April 30, 1956 (age 68) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Notable Works “Antichrist” • “Breaking the Waves” • “Dancer in the Dark” • “Dogville” • “Europa” • “Melancholia” • “Nymphomaniac” • “The House That Jack Built” • “The Idiots”
Movement / Style Dogme 95
Roy Ward Baker
British director
Joy Batchelor
British director and animator
Master of suspense
Alfred Hitchcock
English-born American director
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
American actor and director
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
American director
A screen legend
Clint Eastwood
American actor and director
Robert Altman
Robert Altman
American director
Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet
American director
George Cukor
George Cukor
American film director
Mitchell Leisen
American director
Dirty Harry
Don Siegel
American director
filming of The Pink Panther
Blake Edwards
American film director, producer, and screenwriter
Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack
American director, producer, and actor
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci
American actor, filmmaker, and screenwriter
Dr. Seuss postage stamp
Dr. Seuss
American author and illustrator
Black Sunday
John Frankenheimer
American director
Henry Winkler
Henry Winkler
American actor
Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi
American actor
Anno Hideaki
Anno Hideaki
Japanese animator and film director
Barbara Kopple
Barbara Kopple
American director