Peter Mettler

Birthday: 1958-09-07
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male

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

Year Title
2025-06-12 While the Green Grass Grows
2018-11-18 Becoming Animal
2014-01-01 Traces of the future
2012-12-12 The End of Time
2009-04-23 Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
2007-01-01 Away
2002-09-08 Gambling, Gods and LSD
1997-12-15 Balifilm
1994-06-10 Picture of Light
1992-09-10 Tectonic Plates
1989-08-24 The Top of His Head
1985-01-10 Eastern Avenue
1982-09-13 Scissere
1981-01-01 Gregory
1980-01-01 Lancalot Freely