Peter Sasdy

Born: 1935-05-27, Budapest, Hungary

Biography

Peter Sasdy (born May 27, 1935) is a British film and TV director. As well as numerous TV credits, notably the Nigel Kneale-scripted The Stone Tape (1972), he directed several horror films for Hammer, including Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969), Countess Dracula (1971) and Hands of the Ripper (1971). He directed Pia Zadora in the cult classic The Lonely Lady (1983), for which he earned a Razzie Award for Best Director. From 1985 to 1987 he directed the Thames TV production of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4.

Filmography

• The Wednesday Play (1964)
• ITV Play of the Week (1955)
• Softly, Softly (1966)
• Out of the Unknown (1965)
• Hammer House of Horror (1980)
• Return of the Saint (1978)
• Emergency: Ward 10 (1957)
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973)
• Storyboard (1983)
• Ghost Squad (1961)
• Six Days of Justice (1972)
• Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979)
• Countess Dracula (1971)
• Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
• The Lonely Lady (1983)
• Hands of the Ripper (1971)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)
• Nothing But the Night (1973)
• The Caves of Steel (1964)
• King Arthur, the Young Warlord (1975)
• Welcome to Blood City (1977)
• The Late Nancy Irving (1984)
• Doomwatch (1972)
• I Don't Want to Be Born (1976)
• Last Video and Testament (1984)
• Visitor from the Grave (1980)
• Journey Into Darkness (1968)
• The Midas Plague (1965)
• Time in Advance (1965)
• The Stone Tape (1972)