Biography
Joachim Trier (born 1 March 1974) is a Danish-born Norwegian filmmaker. He is best known for his Oslo trilogy which comprises the films Reprise (2006), Oslo, August 31st (2011), The Worst Person in the World (2021). For the latter film, he was nominated for the Best Original Screenplay at the 94th Academy Awards, with the film also nominated for Best International Feature. He is also known for directing Louder Than Bombs (2015), Thelma (2017), and the documentary The Other Munch (2018). In addit...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Sentimental Value
2025
Writer, Director, Executive Producer
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in w...
Armand
2024
Executive Producer
Armand, a 6-year-old boy, is accused of crossing boundaries against his best friend at elementary school. While no one knows what actually happened be...
Room 999
2023
as Self
In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in Cannes...
Alain Resnais, l'audacieux
2022
as Self
A genius inventor of forms, Alain Resnais is one of the fathers of cinematic modernity. This portrait, rich in archives, looks back on the career of a...
Making The Worst Person in the World
2022
as Self
In this new program, director Joachim Trier, actors Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, and Herbert Nordrum, screenwriter Eskil Vogt, and sound desi...
The Worst Person in the World
2021
Director, Writer
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career p...
The Other Munch
2018
as Himself
This engrossing documentary follows the much-acclaimed Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard as he is invited to guest-curate an exhibition of painting...
The Other Munch
2018
Director
This engrossing documentary follows the much-acclaimed Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard as he is invited to guest-curate an exhibition of painting...
Thelma
2017
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
A college student starts to experience extreme seizures. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable abilities.
Louder Than Bombs
2015
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Three years after his wife, acclaimed photographer Isabelle Reed, dies in a car crash, Gene keeps everyday life going with his shy teenage son, Conrad...
Blind
2014
Associate Producer
Having recently lost her sight, Ingrid retreats to the safety of her home—a place where she can feel in control, alone with her husband and her though...
Oslo, August 31st
2011
Screenplay, Director
One day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up w...
Board Control
2006
as Himself
From 1978 to 1989 skateboarding was illegal in Norway, as the only country in the world it was not legal to sell, buy or use skateboard in this period...
Reprise
2006
Director, Writer
Two competitive friends, fueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, endure the pangs of love, depression and burgeoning careers.
Procter
2002
Director, Writer
Charles Procter a businessman goes home during the working day to change his trousers having spilled coffee on himself. When he arrives in the undergr...
Still
2001
Writer, Director
An ambitious short in which the story plays out in the mind of an old man about to die from a heart attack in a public park.
Pieta
2000
Director, Screenplay
Julian tells the story of the loss of his best friend Jacob. Years later, he goes back to the place where Jacob died and finds himself caught up in a ...
Thelma
N/A
Original Film Writer
English Remake of the Norwegian film Thelma (2017), directed by Joachim Trier.