

Peter Mettler
Director · Actor · WriterPeter 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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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR5
DIRECTOR16

While the Green Grass Grows
2025
Director

While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
2025
Director

Becoming Animal
2018
Director

Traces of the future
2014
Director

The End of Time
2012
Director

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
2009
Director
- Away
Away
2007
Director

Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002
Director

Balifilm
1997
Director

Picture of Light
1994
Director

Tectonic Plates
1992
Director

The Top of His Head
1989
Director

Eastern Avenue
1985
Director

Scissere
1982
Director

Gregory
1981
Director

Lancalot Freely
1980
Director
WRITER9
PRODUCER6
EDITOR8
CINEMATOGRAPHER13

While the Green Grass Grows
2025
Director of Photography

The End of Time
2012
Director of Photography

Manufactured Landscapes
2006
Director of Photography

Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002
Director of Photography

Krapp's Last Tape
2000
Director of Photography

Elimination Dance
1998
Second Assistant Camera

Tectonic Plates
1992
Director of Photography

The Top of His Head
1989
Director of Photography

Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
1987
Director of Photography

Family Viewing
1987
Director of Photography

Passion: A Letter in 16mm
1985
Director of Photography

Next of Kin
1984
Director of Photography

Scissere
1982
Director of Photography
SOUND7

While the Green Grass Grows
2025
Location Sound Mixer

The End of Time
2012
Sound Designer

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
2009
Sound Designer

Manufactured Landscapes
2006
Sound

Picture of Light
1994
Music, Sound Editor

Scissere
1982
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Editor

Lancalot Freely
1980
Sound Editor








