
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.
2026While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven PartsMovieDirector
2025While the Green Grass GrowsMovieEditor · Location Sound Mixer · Producer · Writer · Director of Photography · Director
2018Becoming AnimalMovieDirector
2017Fell in Love with a GirlMovieas Narrator (voice)
2014Traces of the futureMovieDirector
2012The End of TimeMovieDirector · Director of Photography · Editor · Screenplay · Sound Designer · Executive Producer
2009Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar SandsMovieDirector · Sound Designer · Screenplay
2009The Sound of Insects: Record of a MummyMovieas Narrator
2006Manufactured LandscapesMovieSound · Director of Photography
2005The Giant BuddhasMovie
2002Gambling, Gods and LSDMovieas Himself · Director · Executive Producer · Director of Photography · Writer · Editor
2000Krapp's Last TapeMovieDirector of Photography
1998Elimination DanceMovieSecond Assistant Camera
1997BalifilmMovieDirector
1994Picture of LightMovieDirector · Music · Cinematography · Screenplay · Producer · Sound Editor · Editor
1992Tectonic PlatesMovieDirector · Writer · Director of Photography
1989The Top of His HeadMovieDirector · Editor · Writer · Director of Photography
1987Artist on Fire: Joyce WielandMovieDirector of Photography
1987Family ViewingMovieDirector of Photography
1985Passion: A Letter in 16mmMovieDirector of Photography
1985Eastern AvenueMovieDirector · Cinematography · Editor
1984Next of KinMovieDirector of Photography
1982ScissereMovieDirector · Writer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Editor · Producer · Director of Photography · Sound Editor
1981GregoryMovieDirector
1980Lancalot FreelyMovieDirector · Editor · Producer · Writer · Cinematography · Sound Editor
—De temps et d'eauMovieSound Recordist