Directing
Peter Mettler
Directing · Born 1958-09-07 · 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.
Credits · 20
FilmBecoming Animal
2018 · Director
FilmFell in Love with a Girl
2017 · Narrator (voice)
FilmThe End of Time
2012 · Director
FilmPetropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
2009 · Director
FilmThe Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
2009 · Narrator
FilmManufactured Landscapes
2006 · Sound
FilmThe Giant Buddhas
2005
FilmGambling, Gods and LSD
2002 · Himself
FilmKrapp's Last Tape
2000 · Director of Photography
FilmElimination Dance
1998 · Second Assistant Camera
FilmBalifilm
1997 · Director
FilmPicture of Light
1994 · Music
FilmTectonic Plates
1992 · Director
FilmThe Top of His Head
1989 · Director
FilmArtist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
1987 · Director of Photography
FilmFamily Viewing
1987 · Director of Photography
FilmPassion: A Letter in 16mm
1985 · Director of Photography
FilmEastern Avenue
1985 · Director
FilmNext of Kin
1984 · Director of Photography
FilmScissere
1982 · Director