Peter Whitehead

Directing · 1937–2019 · Liverpool, England, UK

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.

Known for

6.8

Pink Floyd London '66-'67

2005 · Director

6.3

Wholly Communion

1965 · Director

5.6

Daddy

1973 · Director

7.2

The Fall

1969 · Director

6.5

The Benefit of the Doubt

1967 · Director

7.0

Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts

2009 · Director

4.5

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

1967 · Director

3.7

Fire in the Water

1977 · Director

2.3

Jeanetta Cochrane

1967 · Director

8.5

Charlie Is My Darling

1966 · Director

4.0

Led Zeppelin - Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1970

2003 · Director

Lilford Hall

1969 · Director

Directed

The Rolling Stones: Charlie Is My Darling - Ireland 1965

2012 · Director

7.0

Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts

2009 · Director

6.8

Pink Floyd London '66-'67

2005 · Director

4.0

Led Zeppelin - Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1970

2003 · Director

3.7

Fire in the Water

1977 · Director

5.6

Daddy

1973 · Director

Lilford Hall

1969 · Director

7.2

The Fall

1969 · Director

4.5

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

1967 · Director

6.5

The Benefit of the Doubt

1967 · Director

2.3

Jeanetta Cochrane

1967 · Director

8.5

Charlie Is My Darling

1966 · Director

When I Was Young

1965 · Director

6.3

Wholly Communion

1965 · Director

The Perception Of Life

1964 · Director

Acting

The Falconer

9.0

The Falconer

1998

7.2

The Fall

1969 · Narrator (voice)