Peter Mettler
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.
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Films (28)
While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
2026 · Director
While the Green Grass Grows
2025 · Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Location Sound Mixer, 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, Editor, Screenplay, Sound Designer, Director of Photography, Executive Producer
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
2009 · Director, Screenplay, Sound Designer
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
2009 · Narrator
Away
2007 · Director
Manufactured Landscapes
2006 · Sound, Director of Photography
The Giant Buddhas
2005
The Ring
2004 · Director of Photography
Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002 · Himself, Director, Director of Photography, Executive Producer, Writer, Editor
Krapp's Last Tape
2000 · Director of Photography
Elimination Dance
1998 · Second Assistant Camera
Balifilm
1997 · Director
Picture of Light
1994 · Music, Director, Cinematography, Sound Editor, Editor, Screenplay, Producer
Tectonic Plates
1992 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Top of His Head
1989 · Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
1987 · Director of Photography
Family Viewing
1987 · Director of Photography
Passion: A Letter in 16mm
1985 · Director of Photography
Eastern Avenue
1985 · Director, Cinematography, Editor
Next of Kin
1984 · Director of Photography
Scissere
1982 · Director, Writer, Editor, Sound Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gregory
1981 · Director
Lancalot Freely
1980 · Producer, Writer, Cinematography, Sound Editor, Director, Editor
De temps et d'eau
· Sound Recordist
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