Peter Mettler

Director

Born: September 7, 1958 (age 67)
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…

Filmography (19)

While the Green Grass Grows (2025)
Director
While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts (2025)
Director
Becoming Animal (2018)
Director
Fell in Love with a Girl (2017)
Narrator (voice)
Traces of the future (2014)
Director
The End of Time (2012)
Director
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands (2009)
Director
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy (2009)
Narrator
Away
Away (2007)
Director
The Giant Buddhas (2005)
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