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Peter Mettler

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1958-09-07 (66 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 31

Movies 31

Director 11

self 5

Narrator 3

Self

Peter Mettler

Biography

Filmography

all 31

Movies 31

Director 11

self 5

Narrator 3

While the Green Grass Grows (2023)

Becoming Animal (2018)

Fell in Love with a Girl (2017)

Broken Land (2015)

Traces of the future (2014)

The End of Time (2012)

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands (2009)

The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy (2009)

Away (2007)

Manufactured Landscapes (2006)

The Giant Buddhas (2005)

Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002)

Shadow Chasers (2000)

Krapp's Last Tape (2000)

Leda and the Swan (1998)

Elimination Dance (1998)

Balifilm (1997)

Picture of Light (1994)

Tectonic Plates (1992)

The Top of His Head (1989)

Walking After Midnight (1988)

Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland (1987)

Family Viewing (1987)

Divine Solitude (1986)

Passion: A Letter in 16mm (1985)

Eastern Avenue (1985)

Next of Kin (1984)

Scissere (1982)

Open House (1982)

Gregory (1981)

Lancalot Freely (1980)

Information

Known ForDirecting

GenderMale

Birthday1958-09-07 (66 years old)

Birth PlaceToronto, Canada

CitizenshipsSwitzerland, Canada

Credited with

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1958-09-07 (66 years old)

Birth Place
Toronto, Canada

Citizenships
Switzerland, Canada