- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- September 7, 1958
- Place of Birth
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Peter Mettler
Peter Mettler (born September 7, 1958) is a Swiss-Canadian film director and cinematographer. He is best known for his unique, intuitive approach to documentary, evinced by such films as Picture of Light (1994), Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002), and The End of Time (2012). He has also worked as a cinematographer on films by Atom Egoyan, Patricia Rozema, Bruce McDonald, and Jennifer Baichwal, and has collaborated with numerous other artists, including Michael Ondaatje, Fred Frith, Jim O'Rourke, Jane Siberry, Robert Lepage, Edward Burtynsky, Greg Hermanovic, Richie Hawtin, Neil Young, Jeremy Narby, and Franz Treichler.
Filmography
movieWhile the Green Grass Grows
2025 · Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Location Sound Mixer
movieWhile the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
2025 · Director
movieBecoming Animal
2018 · Director
movieFell in Love with a Girl
2017 · Narrator (voice)
movieTraces of the future
2014 · Director
movieThe End of Time
2012 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Designer, Executive Producer
moviePetropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
2009 · Director, Screenplay, Sound Designer
movieThe Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
2009 · Narrator
Away
movieAway
2007 · Director
movieManufactured Landscapes
2006 · Sound, Director of Photography
movieThe Giant Buddhas
2005
movieGambling, Gods and LSD
2002 · Himself, Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Executive Producer
movieKrapp's Last Tape
2000 · Director of Photography
movieElimination Dance
1998 · Second Assistant Camera
movieBalifilm
1997 · Director
moviePicture of Light
1994 · Director, Cinematography, Music, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Sound Editor
movieTectonic Plates
1992 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
movieThe Top of His Head
1989 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
movieArtist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
1987 · Director of Photography
movieFamily Viewing
1987 · Director of Photography
moviePassion: A Letter in 16mm
1985 · Director of Photography
movieEastern Avenue
1985 · Director, Cinematography, Editor
movieNext of Kin
1984 · Director of Photography
movieScissere
1982 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
movieGregory
1981 · , Director
movieLancalot Freely
1980 · Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Editor