Peter Mettler
Known for: Directing
Born: September 6, 1958 in 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
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The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
Narrator
Gregory
Gambling, Gods and LSD
Himself
The Giant Buddhas
Fell in Love with a Girl
Narrator (voice)
The End of Time
Director
Scissere
Director
Picture of Light
Director
Elimination Dance
Second Assistant Camera
Passion: A Letter in 16mm
Director of Photography
Krapp's Last Tape
Director of Photography
Away
Director
Next of Kin
Director of Photography
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Director
While the Green Grass Grows
Writer
Tectonic Plates
Director
The Top of His Head
Director
Balifilm
Director
Eastern Avenue
Director
Lancalot Freely
Director
Becoming Animal
Director
Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
Director of Photography
Traces of the future
Director
Family Viewing
Director of Photography