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Peter Mettler

Peter Mettler

Directing

September 7, 1958 (67) 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.

Behind the camera

While the Green Grass Grows2025

While the Green Grass Grows

Director & Writer

While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts2025

While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts

Director

Becoming Animal2018

Becoming Animal

Director

Traces of the future2014

Traces of the future

Director

The End of Time2012

The End of Time

Director & Screenplay

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands2009

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

Director & Screenplay

Gambling, Gods and LSD2002

Gambling, Gods and LSD

Director & Writer

Balifilm1997

Balifilm

Director

Picture of Light1994

Picture of Light

Director & Screenplay

Tectonic Plates1992

Tectonic Plates

Director & Writer

The Top of His Head1989

The Top of His Head

Director & Writer

Eastern Avenue1985

Eastern Avenue

Director

Scissere1982

Scissere

Director & Writer

Gregory1981

Gregory

Director

Lancalot Freely1980

Lancalot Freely

Director & Writer