Peter Mettler

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Peter Mettler

Directing 68 September 7, 1958

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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 f…

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Manufactured Landscapes

Manufactured Landscapes

7.2 2006 Movie
Family Viewing

Family Viewing

5.4 1987 Movie
Next of Kin

Next of Kin

5.8 1984 Movie
Krapp's Last Tape

Krapp's Last Tape

7.4 2000 Movie
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

6.8 2009 Movie
Gambling, Gods and LSD

Gambling, Gods and LSD

5.8 2002 Movie
Picture of Light

Picture of Light

6.8 1994 Movie
The End of Time

The End of Time

7.1 2012 Movie
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

6.8 2009 Movie
Becoming Animal

Becoming Animal

6.4 2018 Movie
The Giant Buddhas

The Giant Buddhas

7.2 2005 Movie
The Top of His Head

The Top of His Head

4.7 1989 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts

    Movie Director

  2. 2025
    While the Green Grass Grows

    Movie Editor

  3. 2018
    Becoming Animal

    Movie Director

  4. 2017
    Fell in Love with a Girl

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  5. 2014
    Traces of the future

    Movie Director

  6. 2012
    The End of Time

    Movie Director

  7. 2009
    Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

    Movie Director

  8. 2009
    The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

    Movie Narrator

  9. 2007
    Away

    Movie Director

  10. 2006
    Manufactured Landscapes

    Movie Sound

  11. 2005
    The Giant Buddhas

    Movie

  12. 2002
    Gambling, Gods and LSD

    Movie Himself

  13. 2000
    Krapp's Last Tape

    Movie Director of Photography

  14. 1998
    Elimination Dance

    Movie Second Assistant Camera

  15. 1997
    Balifilm

    Movie Director

  16. 1994
    Picture of Light

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1992
    Tectonic Plates

    Movie Director

  2. 1989
    The Top of His Head

    Movie Director

  3. 1987
    Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 1987
    Family Viewing

    Movie Director of Photography

  5. 1985
    Passion: A Letter in 16mm

    Movie Director of Photography

  6. 1985
    Eastern Avenue

    Movie Director

  7. 1984
    Next of Kin

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 1982
    Scissere

    Movie Director

  9. 1981
    Gregory

    Movie

  10. 1980
    Lancalot Freely

    Movie Director

  11. —
    De temps et d'eau

    Movie Sound Recordist