Peter Mettler
Directing
Born September 7, 1958 · 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.
Directed (16)
While the Green Grass Grows
2025
While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
2025
Becoming Animal
2018
Traces of the future
2014
The End of Time
2012
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
2009
Away
2007
Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002
Balifilm
1997
Picture of Light
1994
Tectonic Plates
1992
The Top of His Head
1989
Eastern Avenue
1985
Scissere
1982
Gregory
1981
Lancalot Freely
1980
