Known for

Directing

Born

Sep 7, 1958 (68 years old)

Place of birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

Titles

Krapp's Last Tape

Movie • 2000

The End of Time

Movie • 2012

Manufactured Landscapes

Movie • 2006

The Top of His Head

Movie • 1989

Gambling, Gods and LSD

Movie • 2002

The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

Movie • 2009

While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts

Movie • 2026

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

Movie • 2009

Family Viewing

Movie • 1987

Tectonic Plates

Movie • 1992

Picture of Light

Movie • 1994

Scissere

Movie • 1982

Next of Kin

Movie • 1984

While the Green Grass Grows

Movie • 2025

Becoming Animal

Movie • 2018

Balifilm

Movie • 1997

Eastern Avenue

Movie • 1985