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Peter Mettler

1958 (68) • Directing

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.

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Manufactured Landscapes

72%

Sound

2006

Family Viewing

54%

Director of Photography

1987

Next of Kin

58%

Director of Photography

1984

The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

68%

Narrator

2009

Gambling, Gods and LSD

58%

Himself

2002

Picture of Light

68%

Director

1994

The End of Time

71%

Director

2012

Krapp's Last Tape

74%

Director of Photography

2000

While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts

Director

2026

While the Green Grass Grows

Editor

2025

While the Green Grass Grows

Location Sound Mixer

2025

While the Green Grass Grows

Producer

2025

While the Green Grass Grows

Writer

2025

While the Green Grass Grows

Director of Photography

2025

While the Green Grass Grows

Director

2025

Becoming Animal

64%

Director

2018

Fell in Love with a Girl

63%

Narrator (voice)

2017

Traces of the future

Director

2014

The End of Time

71%

Director

2012

The End of Time

71%

Director of Photography

2012

The End of Time

71%

Editor

2012

The End of Time

71%

Screenplay

2012

The End of Time

71%

Sound Designer

2012

The End of Time

71%

Executive Producer

2012

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

68%

Director

2009

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

68%

Screenplay

2009

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

68%

Sound Designer

2009

The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

68%

Narrator

2009

Away

Director

2007

Manufactured Landscapes

72%

Sound

2006

Manufactured Landscapes

72%

Director of Photography

2006

The Giant Buddhas

72%
2005

Gambling, Gods and LSD

58%

Himself

2002

Gambling, Gods and LSD

58%

Director

2002

Gambling, Gods and LSD

58%

Writer

2002

Gambling, Gods and LSD

58%

Director of Photography

2002

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