Peter Mettler
Directing

Peter Mettler

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

Family Viewing★ 5.6
Family Viewing
1987
Next of Kin★ 6
Next of Kin
1984
Picture of Light★ 6.5
Picture of Light
1994
The End of Time★ 7
The End of Time
2012
Becoming Animal★ 6.4
Becoming Animal
2018
Elimination Dance★ 7
Elimination Dance
1998
Passion: A Letter in 16mm★ 1
Passion: A Letter in 16mm
1985
Krapp's Last Tape★ 7.4
Krapp's Last Tape
2000
The Giant Buddhas★ 7
The Giant Buddhas
2005
The Top of His Head
The Top of His Head
1989
Gambling, Gods and LSD★ 6.3
Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002
Fell in Love with a Girl★ 6.3
Fell in Love with a Girl
2017
Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
1987
Eastern Avenue
Eastern Avenue
1985
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands★ 8
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
2009
Tectonic Plates
Tectonic Plates
1992
Balifilm★ 6
Balifilm
1997