Born in 1938 in New York City and raised in New York City, Alabama and Islip, Long Island, Peter Beard began keeping diaries at an early age. He took his first pictures at the age of twelve and photography quickly evolved into an extension of his diaries, as a way to preserve and remember favorite things. In 1957 he entered Yale University as a ...
Married Cheryl Tiegs at the Montauk Presbyterian Church in Montauk, New York. An image of the couple on their wedding day appears in the book "The Photographs of Ron Galella, 1965-1989", by Ron Galella.
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Attended Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he studied under noted color theorist Joseph Albers at from 1957-1961.
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency
2006
TV Series documentary photographs courtesy of - 4 episodes
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hallelujah the Hills
1963
Jack (as Peter H. Beard)
Thanks
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Year
Status
Character
Grey Gardens
1975
Documentary thanks: to the following individuals and organizations for their help
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Beard at Work
2011
Short
Himself
Beautiful Darling
2010
Documentary
Himself
Bacon's Arena
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself / Interviewee
E! True Hollywood Story
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself - Photographer
Arena
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
Pretzel
2001
Himself
Scrapbooks from Africa and Beyond
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Lauren Hutton and...
1996
TV Series
Himself
Jonas in the Desert
1994
Documentary
Himself
With Peter Beard in Africa: Last Word from Paradise