Person
Peter Mettler
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Sep 7, 1958
- From
- 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.
Images
Credits
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
Gambling, Gods and LSD
The Giant Buddhas
Fell in Love with a Girl
Gregory
The End of Time
Scissere
Picture of Light
Elimination Dance
Passion: A Letter in 16mm
Krapp's Last Tape
Away
Next of Kin
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
While the Green Grass Grows
Tectonic Plates
The Top of His Head
Balifilm