Directing
Peter Mettler
1958 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
27 films
Bio
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
Manufactured Landscapes
Sound
Krapp's Last Tape
Director of Photography
Family Viewing
Director of Photography
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
Narrator
Gambling, Gods and LSD
Himself
De temps et d'eau
Sound Recordist
The Giant Buddhas
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Director
Becoming Animal
Director
The End of Time
Director
Next of Kin
Director of Photography
The Top of His Head
Director