Peter Mettler
Directing
1958-09-07 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
TheatersWhile the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
2026 · Movie
While the Green Grass Grows
2025 · Movie
Becoming Animal
2018 · Movie
Fell in Love with a Girl
2017 · Movie
Traces of the future
2014 · Movie
The End of Time
2012 · Movie
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
2009 · Movie
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
2009 · Movie
Away
2007 · Movie
Manufactured Landscapes
2006 · Movie
The Giant Buddhas
2005 · Movie
The Ring
2004 · Movie
Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002 · Movie
Krapp's Last Tape
2000 · Movie
Elimination Dance
1998 · Movie
Balifilm
1997 · Movie
Picture of Light
1994 · Movie
Tectonic Plates
1992 · Movie
The Top of His Head
1989 · Movie
Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
1987 · Movie
Family Viewing
1987 · Movie
Passion: A Letter in 16mm
1985 · Movie
Eastern Avenue
1985 · Movie
Next of Kin
1984 · Movie
Scissere
1982 · Movie
Gregory
1981 · Movie
Lancalot Freely
1980 · Movie
De temps et d'eau
Movie