Peter Mettler
Directing
- Born
- September 7, 1958 (age 68) · 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.
Known for
Manufactured Landscapes
September 9, 2006
Family Viewing
September 9, 1987
Next of Kin
November 30, 1984
Gambling, Gods and LSD
September 8, 2002
Picture of Light
June 10, 1994
The End of Time
December 12, 2012
Krapp's Last Tape
September 8, 2000
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
April 23, 2009
Becoming Animal
November 18, 2018
Scissere
September 13, 1982
Balifilm
December 15, 1997
Passion: A Letter in 16mm
October 12, 1985
Behind the camera25
- 2026While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts Director
- 2025While the Green Grass Grows Editor, Location Sound Mixer, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Director
- 2018Becoming Animal Director
- 2014Traces of the future Director
- 2012The End of Time Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Screenplay, Sound Designer, Executive Producer
- 2009Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands Director, Sound Designer, Screenplay
- 2007Away Director
- 2006Manufactured Landscapes Sound, Director of Photography
- 2004The Ring Director of Photography