Peter Mettler
Born: 1958-09-07 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2025
- While the Green Grass Grows ... (Writer)
- While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts ... (Director)
2018
- Becoming Animal ... (Director)
2017
- Fell in Love with a Girl as Narrator (voice)
2014
- Traces of the future ... (Director)
2012
- The End of Time ... (Director)
2009
- The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy as Narrator
- Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands ... (Director)
2007
- Away ... (Director)
2006
- Manufactured Landscapes ... (Sound)
2005
2002
- Gambling, Gods and LSD as Himself
2000
- Krapp's Last Tape ... (Director of Photography)
1998
- Elimination Dance ... (Second Assistant Camera)
1997
- Balifilm ... (Director)
1994
- Picture of Light ... (Director)
1992
- Tectonic Plates ... (Director)
1989
- The Top of His Head ... (Director)
1987
- Family Viewing ... (Director of Photography)
- Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland ... (Director of Photography)
1985
- Passion: A Letter in 16mm ... (Director of Photography)
- Eastern Avenue ... (Director)
1984
- Next of Kin ... (Director of Photography)
1982
- Scissere ... (Director)
1981
1980
- Lancalot Freely ... (Director)