Peter Sasdy
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Peter Sasdy

Born 27 May 1935 · Budapest, Hungary
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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.

Known for

Taste the Blood of Dracula
Countess Dracula
Hands of the Ripper
Hammer House of Horror
The Stone Tape
Nothing But the Night
I Don't Want to Be Born
Minder
Doomwatch
The Lonely Lady
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
Last Video and Testament
The Late Nancy Irving
The Sweet Scent of Death
The Lonely Lady
Visitor from the Grave
Welcome to Blood City
I Don't Want to Be Born
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
Nothing But the Night
The Stone Tape
Doomwatch
Countess Dracula
Hands of the Ripper
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Journey Into Darkness
Wuthering Heights
The Eye
Time in Advance
The Midas Plague
The Caves of Steel
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