Directing
Peter Mettler
Born September 7, 1958 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
Directed Films
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While the Green Grass Grows
2025·Documentary
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While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
2025·Documentary
6.4
Becoming Animal
2018·Documentary
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Traces of the future
2014·Documentary
7.1
The End of Time
2012·Documentary
6.5
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
2009·Documentary
5.8
Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002·Documentary
7.4
Balifilm
1997·Documentary
6.8
Picture of Light
1994·Documentary
10.0
Tectonic Plates
1992·Drama
4.7
The Top of His Head
1989·Romance
7.5
Eastern Avenue
1985·Documentary
6.2
Scissere
1982·Drama
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Gregory
1981
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Lancalot Freely
1980·Documentary
