Peter Mettler

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.
Cast
Crew

Gambling, Gods and LSD
Director, Executive Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor

The End of Time
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Screenplay, Sound Designer, Executive Producer

Scissere
Director, Writer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography, Sound Editor

Picture of Light
Director, Music, Cinematography, Screenplay, Producer, Sound Editor, Editor

Elimination Dance
Second Assistant Camera

Passion: A Letter in 16mm
Director of Photography

Krapp's Last Tape
Director of Photography

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Director, Sound Designer, Screenplay

Next of Kin
Director of Photography
Away
Director

While the Green Grass Grows
Editor, Location Sound Mixer, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Director

Tectonic Plates
Director, Writer, Director of Photography

The Top of His Head
Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography

Balifilm
Director

Eastern Avenue
Director, Cinematography, Editor

Gregory
Director

Lancalot Freely
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer, Cinematography, Sound Editor

Becoming Animal
Director

Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
Director of Photography

Traces of the future
Director

Family Viewing
Director of Photography

Manufactured Landscapes
Sound, Director of Photography

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


