Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 07, 1958
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Credits
27 titles
Peter Mettler
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 Siberry, Robert Lepage, Edward Burtynsky, Greg Hermanovic, Richie Hawtin, Neil Young, Jeremy Narby, and Franz Treichler.
Known For
Filmography
While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
Director
While the Green Grass Grows
Writer
Becoming Animal
Director
Fell in Love with a Girl
Narrator (voice)
Traces of the future
Director
The End of Time
Director
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Director
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
Narrator
Away
Director
Manufactured Landscapes
Sound
The Giant Buddhas
Gambling, Gods and LSD
Himself
Krapp's Last Tape
Director of Photography
Elimination Dance
Second Assistant Camera
Balifilm
Director
Picture of Light
Music
Tectonic Plates
Director
The Top of His Head
Director
Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
Director of Photography
Family Viewing
Director of Photography
Passion: A Letter in 16mm
Director of Photography
Eastern Avenue
Director
Next of Kin
Director of Photography
Scissere
Director
Gregory
Lancalot Freely
Producer
De temps et d'eau
Sound Recordist