Peter Mettler
Directing · Director · Writer · Music
Born Sep 7, 1958 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Active 1980–present
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…
Filmography
Manufactured Landscapes (2006) — Sound · Director of PhotographyTectonic Plates (1992) — Director · Writer · Director of PhotographyThe End of Time (2012) — Director · Director of Photography · Editor · Screenplay · Sound Designer · Executive ProducerThe Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy (2009) — NarratorKrapp's Last Tape (2000) — Director of PhotographyPicture of Light (1994) — Director · Music · Cinematography · Screenplay · Producer · Sound Editor · EditorFamily Viewing (1987) — Director of PhotographyNext of Kin (1984) — Director of PhotographyThe Giant Buddhas (2005)Balifilm (1997) — DirectorArtist on Fire: Joyce Wieland (1987) — Director of PhotographyGambling, Gods and LSD (2002) — Director · Executive Producer · Director of Photography · Writer · EditorBecoming Animal (2018) — DirectorPetropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands (2009) — Director · Sound Designer · ScreenplayEastern Avenue (1985) — Director · Cinematography · EditorElimination Dance (1998) — Second Assistant CameraScissere (1982) — Director · Writer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Editor · Producer · Director of Photography · Sound EditorFell in Love with a Girl (2017) — Narrator (voice)The Top of His Head (1989) — Director · Editor · Writer · Director of PhotographyPassion: A Letter in 16mm (1985) — Director of PhotographyGregory (1981) — DirectorAway (2007) — DirectorWhile the Green Grass Grows (2025) — Editor · Location Sound Mixer · Producer · Writer · Director of Photography · DirectorLancalot Freely (1980) — Director · Editor · Producer · Writer · Cinematography · Sound Editor