Peter Mettler

Known for

Directing

Born

September 7, 1958 (age 68)

Birthplace

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.

Best known work

Manufactured Landscapes

2006

Family Viewing

1987

Next of Kin

1984

The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

2009

Gambling, Gods and LSD

2002

Picture of Light

1994

The End of Time

2012

Krapp's Last Tape

2000

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

2009

Becoming Animal

2018

Filmography

TBA
De temps et d'eau
Sound Recordist
2026
While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
Director
2025
While the Green Grass Grows
Editor, Location Sound Mixer, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Director
2018
Becoming Animal
Director
2017
Fell in Love with a Girl
as Narrator (voice)
2014
Traces of the future
Director
2012
The End of Time
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Screenplay, Sound Designer, Executive Producer
2009
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Director, Sound Designer, Screenplay
2009
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
as Narrator
2007
Away
Director
2006
Manufactured Landscapes
Sound, Director of Photography
2005
The Giant Buddhas
2002
Gambling, Gods and LSD
as Himself, Director, Executive Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor
2000
Krapp's Last Tape
Director of Photography
1998
Elimination Dance
Second Assistant Camera
1997
Balifilm
Director
1994
Picture of Light
Director, Music, Cinematography, Screenplay, Producer, Sound Editor, Editor
1992
Tectonic Plates
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
1989
The Top of His Head
Director, Editor, Writer, 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
1985
Eastern Avenue
Director, Cinematography, Editor
1984
Next of Kin
Director of Photography
1982
Scissere
Director, Writer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography, Sound Editor