Director
Peter Mettler
68 years · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 24 films
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.
Best known for
Manufactured Landscapes
2006 · Cinematography
On Plex
Family Viewing
1987 · Cinematography
Next of Kin
1984 · Cinematography
On Kanopy
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
2009 · Narrator
On DocAlliance Films
Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002 · Himself, Director
On DocAlliance Films
Picture of Light
1994 · Director, Music
On Kanopy
Filmography 24
While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
2026 · Director
While the Green Grass Grows
2025 · Writer, Cinematography
Becoming Animal
2018 · Director
On OVID
Fell in Love with a Girl
2017 · Narrator (voice)
Traces of the future
2014 · Director
The End of Time
2012 · Director, Screenplay
On Kanopy
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
2009 · Director, Screenplay
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
2009 · Narrator
On DocAlliance Films
Manufactured Landscapes
2006 · Cinematography
On Plex
The Giant Buddhas
2005 · Actor
Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002 · Himself, Director
On DocAlliance Films
Krapp's Last Tape
2000 · Cinematography
Balifilm
1997 · Director
On DocAlliance Films
Picture of Light
1994 · Director, Music
On Kanopy
Tectonic Plates
1992 · Director, Writer
The Top of His Head
1989 · Director, Writer
Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
1987 · Cinematography
Family Viewing
1987 · Cinematography
Passion: A Letter in 16mm
1985 · Cinematography
Eastern Avenue
1985 · Director, Editor
On DocAlliance Films
Next of Kin
1984 · Cinematography
On Kanopy
Scissere
1982 · Director, Writer
On DocAlliance Films
Gregory
1981 · Actor, Director
Lancalot Freely
1980 · Director, Writer