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
While the Green Grass Grows (2025) - Editor · Location Sound Mixer · Producer · Writer · Director of Photography · DirectorBecoming Animal (2018) - DirectorFell in Love with a Girl (2017) - Narrator (voice)The End of Time (2012) - Director · Director of Photography · Editor · Screenplay · Sound Designer · Executive ProducerThe Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy (2009) - NarratorPetropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands (2009) - Director · Sound Designer · ScreenplayAway (2007) - DirectorManufactured Landscapes (2006) - Sound · Director of PhotographyThe Giant Buddhas (2005)Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002) - Director · Executive Producer · Director of Photography · Writer · EditorKrapp's Last Tape (2000) - Director of PhotographyElimination Dance (1998) - Second Assistant CameraBalifilm (1997) - DirectorPicture of Light (1994) - Director · Music · Cinematography · Screenplay · Producer · Sound Editor · EditorTectonic Plates (1992) - Director · Writer · Director of PhotographyThe Top of His Head (1989) - Director · Editor · Writer · Director of PhotographyFamily Viewing (1987) - Director of PhotographyArtist on Fire: Joyce Wieland (1987) - Director of PhotographyEastern Avenue (1985) - Director · Cinematography · EditorPassion: A Letter in 16mm (1985) - Director of PhotographyNext of Kin (1984) - Director of PhotographyScissere (1982) - Director · Writer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Editor · Producer · Director of Photography · Sound EditorGregory (1981) - DirectorLancalot Freely (1980) - Director · Editor · Producer · Writer · Cinematography · Sound Editor