Peter Whitehead
Known for
Directing
Born
January 8, 1937
Birthplace
Liverpool, England, UK
Died
June 10, 2019 (aged 82)
Biography
Peter Lorrimer Whitehead was an English writer, photographer and filmmaker who documented the counterculture in London and New York in the late 1960s. He is also known for his work as a director of promotional film clips (precursors to the modern music video) including a version of "Interstellar Overdrive" for Pink Floyd and several clips for The Rolling Stones.
Best known work
Pink Floyd London '66-'67
2005
Wholly Communion
1965
Daddy
1973
The Fall
1969
The Benefit of the Doubt
1967
A Dream Longer Than the Night
1976
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967
Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts
2009
Jeanetta Cochrane
1967
Fire in the Water
1977Filmography
2017
2012
2009
Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine ArtsDirector, Writer
2006
2005
Pink Floyd London '66-'67Director, Director of Photography
2003
1998
1977
Fire in the WaterWriter, Director
1976
A Dream Longer Than the NightOriginal Music Composer
1973
DaddyDirector, Editor, Original Music Composer
1970
Led Zeppelin: Live at the Bath FestivalDirector, Camera Operator
1969
Lilford HallDirector
1969
The Fallas Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Cinematography
1968
Nothing to Do with Meas Self
1967
Tonite Let's All Make Love in LondonDirector, Producer, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
1967
The Benefit of the DoubtDirector
1967
Jeanetta CochraneDirector, Cinematography, Editor, Writer
1966
Charlie Is My DarlingDirector, Editor, Director of Photography
1965
Wholly CommunionDirector
1965
When I Was YoungDirector, Editor
1964
The Perception Of LifeDirector, Still Photographer, Editor