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.
Gambling, Gods and LSD
(Director)
The End of Time
(Director)
Scissere
(Director)
Scissere
(Writer)
Picture of Light
(Director)
Picture of Light
(Music)
Picture of Light
(Cinematography)
Elimination Dance
(Second Assistant Camera)
Passion: A Letter in 16mm
(Director of Photography)
Manufactured Landscapes
(Cinematography)
Krapp's Last Tape
(Director of Photography)
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
(Director)
Next of Kin
(Director of Photography)
Away
(Director)
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
(Sound Designer)
Picture of Light
(Screenplay)
Picture of Light
(Producer)
Picture of Light
(Sound Editor)
Picture of Light
(Editor)
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
(Screenplay)
The End of Time
(Director of Photography)
The End of Time
(Editor)
The End of Time
(Screenplay)
The End of Time
(Sound Designer)
Scissere
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
Scissere
(Editor)
Scissere
(Producer)
Scissere
(Director of Photography)
Scissere
(Sound Editor)
While the Green Grass Grows
(Editor)
While the Green Grass Grows
(Location Sound Mixer)
While the Green Grass Grows
(Producer)
While the Green Grass Grows
(Writer)
While the Green Grass Grows
(Director of Photography)
Tectonic Plates
(Director)
The Top of His Head
(Director)
The End of Time
(Executive Producer)
Balifilm
(Director)
Eastern Avenue
(Director)
Gregory
(Director)
Eastern Avenue
(Cinematography)
Eastern Avenue
(Editor)
The Top of His Head
(Editor)
The Top of His Head
(Writer)
The Top of His Head
(Director of Photography)
Gambling, Gods and LSD
(Executive Producer)
Gambling, Gods and LSD
(Director of Photography)
Gambling, Gods and LSD
(Writer)
Gambling, Gods and LSD
(Editor)
While the Green Grass Grows
(Director)
Lancalot Freely
(Director)
Lancalot Freely
(Editor)
Lancalot Freely
(Producer)
Lancalot Freely
(Writer)
Lancalot Freely
(Cinematography)
Lancalot Freely
(Sound Editor)
Tectonic Plates
(Writer)
Becoming Animal
(Director)
Tectonic Plates
(Director of Photography)
Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
(Director of Photography)
Traces of the future
(Director)
Family Viewing
(Director of Photography)