
Directing
Peter Mettler
7 September 1958 (68) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Directed
- 16
- Written
- 9
- Produced
- 4
- Movies
- 5
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, and Franz Treichler.
Known For
- Upcoming
- De temps et d'eau · Film · Sound Recordist
- 2026
- While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts · Film · Director
- 2025
- While the Green Grass Grows · Film · Writer
- 2018
- Becoming Animal · Film · Director
- 2017
- Fell in Love with a Girl · Film · Narrator (voice)
- 2014
- Traces of the future · Film · Director
- 2012
- The End of Time · Film · Director
- 2009
- The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy · Film · Narrator
- Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands · Film · Director
- 2007
- Away · Film · Director
- 2006
- Manufactured Landscapes · Film · Sound
- 2005
- The Giant Buddhas · Film
- 2004
- The Ring · Film · Director of Photography
- 2002
- Gambling, Gods and LSD · Film
- Gambling, Gods and LSD · Film · Director
- 2000
- Krapp's Last Tape · Film · Director of Photography
- 1998
- Elimination Dance · Film · Second Assistant Camera
- 1997
- Balifilm · Film · Director
- 1994
- Picture of Light · Film · Music
- 1992
- Tectonic Plates · Film · Director
- 1989
- The Top of His Head · Film · Director
- 1987
- Family Viewing · Film · Director of Photography
- Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland · Film · Director of Photography
- 1985
- Passion: A Letter in 16mm · Film · Director of Photography
- Eastern Avenue · Film · Director
- 1984
- Next of Kin · Film · Director of Photography
- 1982
- Scissere · Film · Director
- 1981
- 1980
- Lancalot Freely · Film · Producer

















