Peter Mettler

Directing·Sep 7, 1958· Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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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.

Film	Credit
While the Green Grass Grows2025 · Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Director	Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Director
While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts2025 · Director	Director
Becoming Animal2018 · Director	Director
Fell in Love with a Girl2017 · Narrator (voice)	Narrator (voice)
Traces of the future2014 · Director	Director
The End of Time2012 · Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands2009 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy2009 · Narrator	Narrator
AAway2007 · Director	Director
Manufactured Landscapes2006 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Giant Buddhas2005 · Actor	Actor
Gambling, Gods and LSD2002 · Himself, Director, Director of Photography, Writer	Himself, Director, Director of Photography, Writer
Krapp's Last Tape2000 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Balifilm1997 · Director	Director
Picture of Light1994 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Tectonic Plates1992 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Top of His Head1989 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland1987 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Family Viewing1987 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Passion: A Letter in 16mm1985 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Eastern Avenue1985 · Director	Director
Next of Kin1984 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Scissere1982 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Gregory1981 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Lancalot Freely1980 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer