Personal info
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 9/7/1958 (age 68)
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Gender
- Male
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.
12 titles

Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002
Director

Picture of Light
1994
Director

The End of Time
2012
Director

Becoming Animal
2018
Director

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
2009
Director

Scissere
1982
Director

Balifilm
1997
Director

The Top of His Head
1989
Director

Eastern Avenue
1985
Director

Tectonic Plates
1992
Director

While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
2026
Director

While the Green Grass Grows
2025
Director


