Peter Mettler

Peter Mettler

b. 1958 (age 68)
Cinematographer Director

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. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in the 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. Above information from Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

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While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
2025 Director Writer Cinematographer
While the Green Grass Grows: Parts 1&6
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★ 6.5
While the Green Grass Grows: Parts 1&6
2023 Self Director Writer Cinematographer
Becoming Animal
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★ 5.7
Becoming Animal
2018 Self Cinematographer Director
Fell in Love with a Girl
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★ 7.4
Fell in Love with a Girl
2017 Actor
Narrator
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Out of the Bush Garden
2017 Self
Broken Land
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★ 6.8
Broken Land
2014 Cinematographer
The End of Time
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★ 6.1
The End of Time
2012 Self Director Writer Cinematographer
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★ 7.7
The Seventh Art
2012 Self
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
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★ 7.0
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
2009 Actor
Narrator
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
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★ 6.8
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
2009 Director Cinematographer
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The National Parks Project: Gros Morne
2009 Cinematographer
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Away
2007 Director Writer Cinematographer
Manufactured Landscapes
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★ 7.2
Manufactured Landscapes
2006 Cinematographer
The Giant Buddhas
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★ 7.3
The Giant Buddhas
2005 Actor
Narrator - English version
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The Ring
2004 Cinematographer
Gambling, Gods and LSD
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★ 7.0
Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002 Self Director Writer Cinematographer
Krapp's Last Tape
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★ 7.0
Krapp's Last Tape
2000 Cinematographer
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Les chasseurs d'ombre
2000 Cinematographer
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★ 7.5
Leda and the Swan
1998 Cinematographer
Balifilm
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★ 6.7
Balifilm
1997 Director
Picture of Light
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★ 7.1
Picture of Light
1994 Self Director Writer Cinematographer
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★ 6.2
Open House
1992 Cinematographer
Tectonic Plates
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★ 6.0
Tectonic Plates
1992 Director Writer Cinematographer
The Top of His Head
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★ 6.7
The Top of His Head
1989 Director Writer Cinematographer
Walking After Midnight
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★ 7.2
Walking After Midnight
1988 Cinematographer
Family Viewing
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★ 6.7
Family Viewing
1987 Cinematographer
Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
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Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
1987 Cinematographer
Divine Solitude
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Divine Solitude
1986 Cinematographer
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Nion in the Kaberet de LaVita
1986 Cinematographer
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★ 2.6
Knock! Knock!
1985 Cinematographer
Eastern Avenue
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★ 7.4
Eastern Avenue
1985 Director
Passion: A Letter in 16mm
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★ 5.8
Passion: A Letter in 16mm
1985 Cinematographer
Next of Kin
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★ 6.9
Next of Kin
1984 Cinematographer
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A Trip Around Lake Ontario
1984 Cinematographer
Scissere
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★ 7.5
Scissere
1982 Director Writer Composer Cinematographer
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★ 8.6
Lancalot Freely
1980 Director Writer Cinematographer