About
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.
Filmography
While the Green Grass Grows2025 · Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Location Sound Mixer
While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts2025 · Director
Becoming Animal2018 · Director
Traces of the future2014 · Director
The End of Time2012 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Designer, Executive Producer
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands2009 · Director, Screenplay, Sound Designer
Away2007 · Director
Manufactured Landscapes2006 · Sound, Director of Photography
Gambling, Gods and LSD2002 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Executive Producer
Krapp's Last Tape2000 · Director of Photography
Elimination Dance1998 · Second Assistant Camera
Balifilm1997 · Director
Picture of Light1994 · Director, Cinematography, Music, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Sound Editor
Tectonic Plates1992 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Top of His Head1989 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland1987 · Director of Photography
Family Viewing1987 · Director of Photography
Passion: A Letter in 16mm1985 · Director of Photography
Eastern Avenue1985 · Director, Cinematography, Editor
Next of Kin1984 · Director of Photography