Directing
Community Rating
6.0
TMDB estimate
Born
September 7, 1958 (age 67)
Born in
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.
While the Green Grass Grows
as Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Location Sound Mixer, Director
2025
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While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
as Director
2025
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Becoming Animal
as Director
2018
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Fell in Love with a Girl
as Narrator (voice)
2017
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Traces of the future
as Director
2014
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The End of Time
as Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Designer, Executive Producer
2012
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Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
as Director, Screenplay, Sound Designer
2009
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The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
as Narrator
2009
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Away
as Director
2007
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Manufactured Landscapes
as Sound, Director of Photography
2006
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The Giant Buddhas
2005
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Gambling, Gods and LSD
as Himself, Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Executive Producer
2002
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Krapp's Last Tape
as Director of Photography
2000
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Elimination Dance
as Second Assistant Camera
1998
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Balifilm
as Director
1997
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Picture of Light
as Director, Cinematography, Music, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Sound Editor
1994
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Tectonic Plates
as Director, Writer, Director of Photography
1992
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The Top of His Head
as Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
1989
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Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
as Director of Photography
1987
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Family Viewing
as Director of Photography
1987
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