Directing
Peter Mettler
FR, EN, DE, SL cinema · 28 credits
Born
7 September 1958 (age 68)
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.
Known for
Filmography
De temps et d'eau
Sound Recordist
While the Green Grass Grows
Editor, Location Sound Mixer, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Director
Becoming Animal
Director
Fell in Love with a Girl
as Narrator (voice)
The End of Time
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Screenplay, Sound Designer, Executive Producer
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Director, Sound Designer, Screenplay
Away
2007
Away
Director
Manufactured Landscapes
Sound, Director of Photography
Prstan
2004
The Ring
Director of Photography
Gambling, Gods and LSD
as Himself, Director, Executive Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor
Krapp's Last Tape
Director of Photography
Elimination Dance
Second Assistant Camera
Balifilm
Director
Picture of Light
Director, Music, Cinematography, Screenplay, Producer, Sound Editor, Editor
Tectonic Plates
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Top of His Head
Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
Director of Photography
Family Viewing
Director of Photography
Passion: A Letter in 16mm
Director of Photography
Eastern Avenue
Director, Cinematography, Editor
Next of Kin
Director of Photography
Scissere
Director, Writer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography, Sound Editor
Gregory
Actor, Director
Lancalot Freely
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer, Cinematography, Sound Editor