Known For
Directing
Known Credits
5
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 7, 1958 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
| 2025 | While the Green Grass Grows...Director | |
| 2025 | While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts...Director | |
| 2018 | Becoming Animal...Director | |
| 2014 | Traces of the future...Director | |
| 2012 | The End of Time...Director | |
| 2009 | Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands...Director | |
| 2007 | Away...Director | |
| 2002 | Gambling, Gods and LSD...Director | |
| 1997 | Balifilm...Director | |
| 1994 | Picture of Light...Director | |
| 1992 | Tectonic Plates...Director | |
| 1989 | The Top of His Head...Director | |
| 1985 | Eastern Avenue...Director | |
| 1982 | Scissere...Director | |
| 1981 | Gregory...Director | |
| 1980 | Lancalot Freely...Director |
| 2025 | While the Green Grass Grows...Writer | |
| 2012 | The End of Time...Screenplay | |
| 2009 | Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands...Screenplay | |
| 2002 | Gambling, Gods and LSD...Writer | |
| 1994 | Picture of Light...Screenplay | |
| 1992 | Tectonic Plates...Writer | |
| 1989 | The Top of His Head...Writer | |
| 1982 | Scissere...Writer | |
| 1980 | Lancalot Freely...Writer |
| 2025 | While the Green Grass Grows...Director of Photography | |
| 2012 | The End of Time...Director of Photography | |
| 2006 | Manufactured Landscapes...Director of Photography | |
| 2002 | Gambling, Gods and LSD...Director of Photography | |
| 2000 | Krapp's Last Tape...Director of Photography | |
| 1998 | Elimination Dance...Second Assistant Camera | |
| 1992 | Tectonic Plates...Director of Photography | |
| 1989 | The Top of His Head...Director of Photography | |
| 1987 | Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland...Director of Photography | |
| 1987 | Family Viewing...Director of Photography | |
| 1985 | Passion: A Letter in 16mm...Director of Photography | |
| 1984 | Next of Kin...Director of Photography | |
| 1982 | Scissere...Director of Photography |
| 2025 | While the Green Grass Grows...Producer | |
| 2012 | The End of Time...Executive Producer | |
| 2002 | Gambling, Gods and LSD...Executive Producer | |
| 1994 | Picture of Light...Producer | |
| 1982 | Scissere...Producer | |
| 1980 | Lancalot Freely...Producer |
| 2025 | While the Green Grass Grows...Editor | |
| 2012 | The End of Time...Editor | |
| 2002 | Gambling, Gods and LSD...Editor | |
| 1994 | Picture of Light...Editor | |
| 1989 | The Top of His Head...Editor | |
| 1985 | Eastern Avenue...Editor | |
| 1982 | Scissere...Editor | |
| 1980 | Lancalot Freely...Editor |
| 2025 | While the Green Grass Grows...Location Sound Mixer | |
| 2012 | The End of Time...Sound Designer | |
| 2009 | Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands...Sound Designer | |
| 2006 | Manufactured Landscapes...Sound | |
| 1994 | Picture of Light...Music | |
| 1994 | Picture of Light...Sound Editor | |
| 1982 | Scissere...Sound Editor | |
| 1982 | Scissere...Sound Re-Recording Mixer | |
| 1980 | Lancalot Freely...Sound Editor |
| 1994 | Picture of Light...Cinematography | |
| 1985 | Eastern Avenue...Cinematography | |
| 1980 | Lancalot Freely...Cinematography |
| 2017 | Fell in Love with a Girlas Narrator (voice) | |
| 2009 | The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummyas Narrator | |
| 2005 | The Giant Buddhasas | |
| 2002 | Gambling, Gods and LSDas Himself | |
| 1981 | Gregoryas |
