Director

Peter Mettler

September 7, 1958 · 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.

Full filmography · 16

While the Green Grass Grows
Writer and Director
2025
While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
Director
2025
Becoming Animal
Director
2018
Fell in Love with a Girl
as Narrator (voice)
2017
Traces of the future
Director
2014
The End of Time
Director
2012
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Director
2009
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
as Narrator
2009
The Giant Buddhas
cast
2005
Balifilm
Director
1997
Picture of Light
Director
1994
Tectonic Plates
Director and Writer
1992