Peter Whitehead
- Directing
- January 8, 1937 · Liverpool, England, UK
- June 10, 2019
Biography
Peter Lorrimer Whitehead (8 January 1937 - 10 June 2019) 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows · Self
- The Rolling Stones: Charlie Is My Darling - Ireland 1965 · Director
- Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts · Director, Writer
- In the Beginning Was the Image · Self
- Pink Floyd London '66-'67 · Director, Cinematography
- Led Zeppelin: Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1970 · Director
- The Falconer
- Fire in the Water · Writer, Director
- A Dream Longer Than the Night · Music
- Daddy · Director, Editing
- Led Zeppelin: Live at the Bath Festival · Director, Camera Operator
- Lilford Hall · Director
- The Fall · Narrator (Voice), Director
- Nothing to Do with Me · Self
- Tonite Let's All Make Love in London · Director, Editing
- The Benefit of the Doubt · Director
- Jeanetta Cochrane · Writer, Editing
- Charlie Is My Darling · Director, Editing
- Wholly Communion · Director
- When I Was Young · Director, Editing
- The Perception Of Life · Director, Still Photographer