
Peter Mettler
Directing · Born 1958-09-07 · 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.
As cast
As director

While the Green Grass Grows 2025
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While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts 2025
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Becoming Animal 2018
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Traces of the future 2014
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The End of Time 2012
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Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands 2009
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Away 2007
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Gambling, Gods and LSD 2002
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Balifilm 1997
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Picture of Light 1994
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Tectonic Plates 1992
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The Top of His Head 1989
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Eastern Avenue 1985
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Scissere 1982
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Gregory 1981
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Lancalot Freely 1980
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