Peter Mettler
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 7, 1958
- Place of birth
- 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.
Movies with Peter Mettler
- The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy 2009 · ★ 6.8
- Gambling, Gods and LSD 2002 · ★ 5.8
- The Giant Buddhas 2005 · ★ 7.2
- Fell in Love with a Girl 2017 · ★ 6.3
- Gregory 1981
Movies directed by Peter Mettler
- Gambling, Gods and LSD 2002 · ★ 5.8
- Picture of Light 1994 · ★ 6.8
- The End of Time 2012 · ★ 7.1
- Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands 2009 · ★ 6.8
- Becoming Animal 2018 · ★ 6.4
- Scissere 1982 · ★ 6.2
- Balifilm 1997 · ★ 7.4
- The Top of His Head 1989 · ★ 4.7
- Eastern Avenue 1985 · ★ 7.5
- Tectonic Plates 1992 · ★ 10.0
- Away 2007
- Gregory 1981
- While the Green Grass Grows 2025
- Lancalot Freely 1980
- Traces of the future 2014
- While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts 2026