Peter Whitehead

Birthday: 1/8/1937
Deathday: 6/10/2019
Place of birth: Liverpool, England, UK
Fame for: Directing

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.