Peter Mettler

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September 7, 1958

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.

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While the Green Grass Grows
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movie2025SwitzerlandCanada
Character: Director, WriterCredit: Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Producer, Location Sound Mixer, Writer
Becoming Animal
6.90
movie2018CanadaUKUnited StatesSwitzerland
Character: DirectorCredit: Director
Fell in Love with a Girl
6.90
movie2017United StatesSwitzerland
Character: Narrator (voice)Credit: Acting
Traces of the future
0.00
movie2014CanadaSwitzerlandUnited States
Credit: Director
The End of Time
6.80
movie2012CanadaSwitzerland
Character: Director, WriterCredit: Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Executive Producer, Sound Designer, Screenplay
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
6.90
movie2009Canada
Character: DirectorCredit: Director, Sound Designer, Screenplay
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
6.90
movie2009Switzerland
Character: NarratorCredit: Acting
Away
0.00
movie2007United States
Credit: Director
Manufactured Landscapes
7.00
movie2006Canada
Credit: Director of Photography, Sound
The Giant Buddhas
6.90
movie2005United StatesSwitzerland
Credit: Acting
Gambling, Gods and LSD
6.90
movie2002CanadaUnited StatesSwitzerland
Character: Director, Himself, WriterCredit: Acting, Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Executive Producer, Writer
Krapp's Last Tape
6.90
movie2000Ireland
Credit: Director of Photography
Elimination Dance
6.90
movie1998CanadaUnited States
Credit: Second Assistant Camera
Balifilm
6.90
movie1997CanadaIndonesia
Character: DirectorCredit: Director
Picture of Light
6.90
movie1994CanadaSwitzerland
Credit: Cinematography, Director, Editor, Producer, Music, Sound Editor, Screenplay
Tectonic Plates
0.00
movie1992United StatesCanada
Character: Director, WriterCredit: Director of Photography, Director, Writer
The Top of His Head
6.90
movie1989Canada
Character: Director, WriterCredit: Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Writer
Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
0.00
movie1987United States
Credit: Director of Photography
Family Viewing
6.80
movie1987CanadaUnited States
Credit: Director of Photography
Passion: A Letter in 16mm
6.90
movie1985Canada
Credit: Director of Photography