
Person
Peter Mettler
Directing · Born 1958-09-07 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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

Krapp's Last Tape
Director of Photography

Manufactured Landscapes
Sound

Gambling, Gods and LSD
Himself

Family Viewing
Director of Photography

The Top of His Head
Director

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Director

Passion: A Letter in 16mm
Director of Photography

Next of Kin
Director of Photography

The Giant Buddhas
2005

The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
Narrator
Filmography
- 2025While the Green Grass GrowsEditor
- 2025While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven PartsDirector
- 2018Becoming AnimalDirector
- 2017Fell in Love with a GirlNarrator (voice)
- 2014Traces of the futureDirector
- 2012The End of TimeDirector
- 2009Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar SandsDirector
- 2009The Sound of Insects: Record of a MummyNarrator
- 2007AwayDirector
- 2006Manufactured LandscapesSound
- 2005The Giant Buddhas
- 2002Gambling, Gods and LSDHimself
- 2000Krapp's Last TapeDirector of Photography
- 1998Elimination DanceSecond Assistant Camera
- 1997BalifilmDirector
- 1994Picture of LightDirector
- 1992Tectonic PlatesDirector
- 1989The Top of His HeadDirector
- 1987Artist on Fire: Joyce WielandDirector of Photography
- 1987Family ViewingDirector of Photography
- 1985Passion: A Letter in 16mmDirector of Photography
- 1985Eastern AvenueDirector
- 1984Next of KinDirector of Photography
- 1982ScissereDirector
- 1981Gregory
- 1980Lancalot FreelyDirector
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