
Peter Sasdy
Directing
1935-05-27 · Budapest, Hungary
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

Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
2018 · Movie
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993 · Movie

Witchcraft
1992 · Series

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
1991 · Movie
Ending Up
1989 · Movie

Imaginary Friends
1987 · Series

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
1987 · Series

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾
1985 · Series

Lytton's Diary
1985 · Series

The Sweet Scent of Death
1984 · Movie

The Late Nancy Irving
1984 · Movie

Last Video and Testament
1984 · Movie

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984 · Series

The Lonely Lady
1983 · Movie

Storyboard
1983 · Series

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
1982 · Series

Visitor from the Grave
1980 · Movie

Hammer House of Horror
1980 · Series

Minder
1979 · Series
Murder at the Wedding
1979 · Series

Return of the Saint
1978 · Series

1990
1977 · Series

Supernatural
1977 · Series

Welcome to Blood City
1977 · Movie

I Don't Want to Be Born
1976 · Movie

King Arthur, the Young Warlord
1975 · Movie

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973 · Series

Nothing But the Night
1973 · Movie

The Stone Tape
1972 · Movie

Arthur of the Britons
1972 · Series

Six Days of Justice
1972 · Series

Shirley's World
1972 · Series

Doomwatch
1972 · Movie

Hands of the Ripper
1971 · Movie

Countess Dracula
1971 · Movie

Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970 · Movie

The Spoils of Poynton
1970 · Series

The Gold Robbers
1969 · Series
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
1968 · Series

Journey to the Unknown
1968 · Series
The Jazz Age
1968 · Series

Journey Into Darkness
1968 · Movie

Wuthering Heights
1967 · Series

Wuthering Heights
1967 · Movie

Mickey Dunne
1967 · Series

Callan
1967 · Series

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967 · Series

The Eye
1966 · Movie
King of the River
1966 · Series

Softly, Softly
1966 · Series
This Man Craig
1966 · Series

The Midas Plague
1965 · Movie

Time in Advance
1965 · Movie

Out of the Unknown
1965 · Series

Londoners
1965 · Series

The Wednesday Play
1964 · Series
The Hidden Truth
1964 · Series

The Caves of Steel
1964 · Movie

Sherlock Holmes
1964 · Series
Story Parade
1964 · Series

The Plane Makers
1963 · Series
24-Hour Call
1963 · Series

Ghost Squad
1961 · Series
Harpers West One
1961 · Series
Drama 61-67
1961 · Series
Probation Officer
1959 · Series

Emergency: Ward 10
1957 · Series

Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series

ITV Play of the Week
1955 · Series