Director

Peter Mettler

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Directed movies: 17Directed series: 0All crew credits: 22

TMDB ID: 985032

IMDb ID: nm0582650

Known for: Directing

Born: September 7, 1958

Age: 67

Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1980 - 2025

Years active: 46

Average TMDB rating: 6.03

Wikidata: Q7175862

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Director (12)Director of Photography (5)Music (1)Producer (1)Second Assistant Camera (1)Sound (1)Writer (1)

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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.

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