Peter Mettler

Peter Mettler

Directing Sep 7, 1958 (68 years old) 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.

5 Acting Credits
23 Crew Credits

Acting

The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy Movie

The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

as Narrator

2009
Gambling, Gods and LSD Movie

Gambling, Gods and LSD

as Himself

2002
The Giant Buddhas Movie

The Giant Buddhas

2005
Fell in Love with a Girl Movie

Fell in Love with a Girl

as Narrator (voice)

2017
Gregory Movie

Gregory

1981

Crew

Manufactured Landscapes Movie

Manufactured Landscapes

Sound

2006
Family Viewing Movie

Family Viewing

Director of Photography

1987
Next of Kin Movie

Next of Kin

Director of Photography

1984
Gambling, Gods and LSD Movie

Gambling, Gods and LSD

Director

2002
Picture of Light Movie

Picture of Light

Director

1994
The End of Time Movie

The End of Time

Director

2012
Krapp's Last Tape Movie

Krapp's Last Tape

Director of Photography

2000
Becoming Animal Movie

Becoming Animal

Director

2018
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands Movie

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

Director

2009
Scissere Movie

Scissere

Director

1982
Balifilm Movie

Balifilm

Director

1997
Passion: A Letter in 16mm Movie

Passion: A Letter in 16mm

Director of Photography

1985