Peter Mettler

Known for DirectingBorn 1958-09-07 (age 67) 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Tectonic Plates

Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland

Krapp's Last Tape

Eastern Avenue

Balifilm

Manufactured Landscapes

The End of Time

The Giant Buddhas

Elimination Dance

The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

Picture of Light

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

Becoming Animal

Fell in Love with a Girl

Scissere

Gambling, Gods and LSD

Next of Kin

Family Viewing

The Top of His Head

Passion: A Letter in 16mm

While the Green Grass Grows

While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts

Traces of the future

Away

Gregory

Lancalot Freely