Peter Mettler

DirectorCinematographerEditorSoundProducer Sep 7 (age 67) Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1980–2025 (45 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Manufactured Landscapes

Director of Photography

Film

The End of Time

Director

Film

The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

Narrator

Film

Family Viewing

Director of Photography

Film

Picture of Light

Cinematography

Film

Next of Kin

Director of Photography

Film

Krapp's Last Tape

Director of Photography

Film

Gambling, Gods and LSD

Himself

Filmography

Acting (5)

Movies (5)

Fell in Love with a Girl

2017

as Narrator (voice)

6.3

The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

as Narrator

The Giant Buddhas

Gambling, Gods and LSD

2002

as Himself

5.7

Gregory

1981

Crew (64)

Movies (64)

While the Green Grass Grows

2025

Director

While the Green Grass Grows

2025

Director of Photography

While the Green Grass Grows

2025

Editor

While the Green Grass Grows

2025

Location Sound Mixer

While the Green Grass Grows

2025

Producer

While the Green Grass Grows

2025

Writer

While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts

2025

Director

Becoming Animal

2018

Director

6.4

Traces of the future

2014

Director

The End of Time

2012

Director

7.1

The End of Time

2012

Director of Photography

The End of Time

Editor

The End of Time

Executive Producer

The End of Time

Screenplay

The End of Time

Sound Designer

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

2009

Director

6.5

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

2009

Screenplay

6.5

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

2009

Sound Designer

6.5

Away

2007

Director

Manufactured Landscapes

2006

Director of Photography

7.1

Manufactured Landscapes

2006

Sound

7.1

Gambling, Gods and LSD

2002

Director

5.7

Gambling, Gods and LSD

2002

Director of Photography

5.7

Gambling, Gods and LSD

2002

Editor

5.7

Gambling, Gods and LSD

2002

Executive Producer

5.7

Gambling, Gods and LSD

2002

Writer

5.7

Krapp's Last Tape

2000

Director of Photography

7.4

Elimination Dance

1998

Second Assistant Camera

Balifilm

Director

Picture of Light

Cinematography

Picture of Light

Director

Picture of Light

Editor

Picture of Light

Music

Picture of Light

Producer

Picture of Light

Screenplay

Picture of Light

Sound Editor

Tectonic Plates

Director

Tectonic Plates

1992

Director of Photography

Tectonic Plates

1992

Writer

The Top of His Head

1989

Director

2.0

The Top of His Head

1989

Director of Photography

The Top of His Head

Editor

The Top of His Head

Writer

Family Viewing

Director of Photography

5.4

Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland

1987

Director of Photography

Eastern Avenue

Cinematography

Eastern Avenue

Director

Eastern Avenue

Editor

Passion: A Letter in 16mm

1985

Director of Photography

1.0

Next of Kin

1984

Director of Photography

Scissere

Director

Scissere

Director of Photography

Scissere

Editor

Scissere

Producer

Scissere

Sound Editor

Scissere

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Scissere

Writer

Gregory

Director

Lancalot Freely

1980

Cinematography

Lancalot Freely

1980

Director

Lancalot Freely

1980

Editor

Lancalot Freely

1980

Producer

Lancalot Freely

1980

Sound Editor

Lancalot Freely

1980

Writer