Peter Mettler

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002) — Director
2. Picture of Light (1994) — Director
3. The End of Time (2012) — Director
4. Becoming Animal (2018) — Director
5. Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands (2009) — Director
6. Scissere (1982) — Director
7. Balifilm (1997) — Director
8. The Top of His Head (1989) — Director
9. Eastern Avenue (1985) — Director
10. Tectonic Plates (1992) — Director
11. Away (2007) — Director
12. Gregory (1981) — Director
13. While the Green Grass Grows (2025) — Director
14. Lancalot Freely (1980) — Director
15. Traces of the future (2014) — Director
16. While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts (2025) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy (2009) — Narrator
2. Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002) — Himself
3. The Giant Buddhas (2005)
4. Fell in Love with a Girl (2017) — Narrator (voice)
5. Gregory (1981)