Skip to content
Peter Sasdy

Peter Sasdy

Director · Born May 27, 1935 · Budapest, Hungary

IMDb

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.

Directed 55

1990s

  1. 1992

    Witchcraft

    Director

  2. 1991

1980s

  1. 1987

    Imaginary Friends

    Director

  2. The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

    Director

  3. 1985

    The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾

    Director

  4. Lytton's Diary

    Director

  5. 1984

    The Sweet Scent of Death

    Director

  6. The Late Nancy Irving

    Director

  7. Last Video and Testament

    Director

  8. 1983

    The Lonely Lady

    Director

  9. 1982

    Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

    Director

  10. 1980

    Visitor from the Grave

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. 1978
  3. 1977

    1990

    Director

  4. Supernatural

    Director

  5. 1976
  6. 1975

    King Arthur, the Young Warlord

    Director

  7. 1973
  8. 1972

    The Stone Tape

    Director

  9. Arthur of the Britons

    Director

  10. Six Days of Justice

    Director

  11. Shirley's World

    Director

  12. Doomwatch

    Director

  13. 1971
  14. 1970

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Gold Robbers

    Director

  2. 1968
  3. Journey Into Darkness

    Director

  4. 1967

    Wuthering Heights

    Director

  5. Wuthering Heights

    Director

  6. Mickey Dunne

    Director

  7. 1966

    The Eye

    Director

  8. 1965

    The Midas Plague

    Director

  9. Time in Advance

    Director

  10. Londoners

    Director

  11. 1964
  12. The Caves of Steel

    Director

  13. 1963

    The Plane Makers

    Director

  14. 1961

1950s

  1. 1957
  2. 1956

    Armchair Theatre

    Director

  3. 1955

Produced 2

1980s

  1. 1987

    The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

    Producer

  2. 1985

    The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾

    Producer

Wrote 1

Appearances1

2010s

  1. 2018

    Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years

    Self