Peter Mettler

AKA:
2.6859

1958-09-07

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

Crew Roles

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
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
Manufactured Landscapes
Sound
Manufactured Landscapes
Director of Photography
While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
Director
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