Peter Mettler
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday7 September 1958 (68 years old)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known credits27
Biography
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,…
While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
2026 · Director
While the Green Grass Grows
2025 · Writer
While the Green Grass Grows
2025 · Producer
While the Green Grass Grows
2025 · Editor
While the Green Grass Grows
2025 · Director of Photography
While the Green Grass Grows
2025 · Location Sound Mixer
While the Green Grass Grows
2025 · Director
Becoming Animal
2018 · Director
Fell in Love with a Girl
2017 · Narrator (voice)
Traces of the future
2014 · Director
The End of Time
2012 · Director
The End of Time
2012 · Editor
The End of Time
2012 · Screenplay
The End of Time
2012 · Sound Designer
The End of Time
2012 · Director of Photography
The End of Time
2012 · Executive Producer
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
2009 · Director
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
2009 · Screenplay
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
2009 · Sound Designer
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
2009 · Narrator
Away
2007 · Director
Manufactured Landscapes
2006 · Sound
Manufactured Landscapes
2006 · Director of Photography
The Giant Buddhas
2005
Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002 · Himself
Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002 · Director
Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002 · Director of Photography
Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002 · Executive Producer
Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002 · Writer
Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002 · Editor
Krapp's Last Tape
2000 · Director of Photography
Elimination Dance
1998 · Second Assistant Camera
Balifilm
1997 · Director
Picture of Light
1994 · Music
Picture of Light
1994 · Director
Picture of Light
1994 · Cinematography
Picture of Light
1994 · Sound Editor
Picture of Light
1994 · Editor
Picture of Light
1994 · Screenplay
Picture of Light
1994 · Producer
Tectonic Plates
1992 · Director
Tectonic Plates
1992 · Writer
Tectonic Plates
1992 · Director of Photography
The Top of His Head
1989 · Director
The Top of His Head
1989 · Editor
The Top of His Head
1989 · Writer
The Top of His Head
1989 · Director of Photography
Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
1987 · Director of Photography
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