Directing • AGE 67
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 Li...


While the Green Grass Grows
Writer
2025

While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
Director
2025

Becoming Animal
Director
2018

Fell in Love with a Girl
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
Narrator
2009

Manufactured Landscapes
Sound
2006

The Giant Buddhas
2005

Gambling, Gods and LSD
Himself
2002

Krapp's Last Tape
Director of Photography
2000

Elimination Dance
Second Assistant Camera
1998

Balifilm
Director
1997

Picture of Light
Director
1994

Tectonic Plates
Director
1992

The Top of His Head
Director
1989

Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
Director of Photography
1987

Family Viewing
Director of Photography
1987

Passion: A Letter in 16mm
Director of Photography
1985

Eastern Avenue
Director
1985

Next of Kin
Director of Photography
1984

Scissere
Director
1982

Gregory
1981

Lancalot Freely
Director
1980