Peter Mettler
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 7, 1958
- Birthplace
- 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 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
De temps et d'eau TBA
Sound Recordist
While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts 2026
Director
While the Green Grass Grows 2025
Editor, Location Sound Mixer, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Director
Becoming Animal 2018
Director
Fell in Love with a Girl 2017
as Narrator (voice)
Traces of the future 2014
Director
The End of Time 2012
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Screenplay, Sound Designer, Executive Producer
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands 2009
Director, Sound Designer, Screenplay
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy 2009
as Narrator
- Away
Away 2007
Director
Manufactured Landscapes 2006
Sound, Director of Photography
The Giant Buddhas 2005
Actor
- The Ring
The Ring 2004
Director of Photography
Gambling, Gods and LSD 2002
as Himself, Director, Executive Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor
Krapp's Last Tape 2000
Director of Photography
Elimination Dance 1998
Second Assistant Camera
Balifilm 1997
Director
Picture of Light 1994
Director, Music, Cinematography, Screenplay, Producer, Sound Editor, Editor
Tectonic Plates 1992
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Top of His Head 1989
Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland 1987
Director of Photography
Family Viewing 1987
Director of Photography
Passion: A Letter in 16mm 1985
Director of Photography
Eastern Avenue 1985
Director, Cinematography, Editor
Next of Kin 1984
Director of Photography
Scissere 1982
Director, Writer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography, Sound Editor
Gregory 1981
Actor, Director
Lancalot Freely 1980
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer, Cinematography, Sound Editor
Credits from TMDB.