Claim: Melancholia was directed by a screenwriter.
Evidence: Melancholia is a 2011 science-fiction drama-psychological thriller film written and directed by Lars von Trier and starring Kirsten Dunst , Charlotte Gainsbourg , Alexander Skarsgård , Cameron Spurr , and Kiefer Sutherland.
Lars von Trier -LRB- Lars Trier , 30 April 1956 -RRB- is a Danish film director and screenwriter.