Peter Sasdy
British film director · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Born 1935 · age 91
Peter Sasdy is a British film and television director. In addition to his numerous TV credits, notable among which is the Nigel Kneale-scripted The Stone Tape (1972), he directed several horror films for Hammer, including Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970), Countess Dracula (1971) and Hands of the Ripper (1971).
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Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. YearsFilm1993Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part OneFilm, Director1989Ending UpFilm, Director, Producer1987
The Growing Pains of Adrian MoleSeries, Director1984Golden Raspberry Award for Worst DirectorAward
Hammer House of Mystery and SuspenseSeries, 1984Director
Last Video and TestamentFilm, 1984Director1980
Hammer House of HorrorSeries, Director
Visitor from the GraveFilm, 1980Director1978
Return of the SaintSeries, Director1977
Welcome to Blood CityFilm, Director1976
I Don't Want to Be BornFilm, Director1973
Orson Welles' Great MysteriesSeries, Director
Nothing But the NightFilm, 1973Director1972
DoomwatchFilm, Director1971
Countess DraculaFilm, Director, Writer1968
Journey to the UnknownSeries, Director
Journey Into DarknessFilm, 1968Director1967
Wuthering HeightsFilm, Director1966
Softly, SoftlySeries, Director1965
The Midas PlagueFilm, Director1964
Sherlock HolmesSeries, Director
The Caves of SteelFilm, 1964Director1959Probation OfficerSeries, Director1955
ITV Play of the WeekSeries, Director1935Born27 May 1935People around Peter
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Christopher Lee Peter directed Taste the Blood of Dracula (1971)
Peter Cushing Peter directed Nothing But the Night (1972)
Peter May Peter directed Taste the Blood of Dracula (1971)- John Carson Peter directed Taste the Blood of Dracula (1971)
- Jerome Willis Peter directed Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)
- Geoffrey Keen Peter directed Taste the Blood of Dracula (1971)
Ralph Bates Peter directed I Don't Want to Be Born (1975)- Michael Brennan Peter directed Nothing But the Night (1972)
Anne Stallybrass Peter directed Countess Dracula (1972)- Norman Bird Peter directed Hands of the Ripper (1971)
Shelagh Fraser Peter directed Nothing But the Night (1972)
Orson Welles Peter directed La Grande Bretèche (1974)
Michael Gambon Peter directed Nothing But the Night (1972)
Ray Liotta Peter directed The Lonely Lady (1983)
Julie Walters Peter directed The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
Susannah York Peter directed La Grande Bretèche (1974)
Lesley-Anne Down Peter directed Countess Dracula (1974)
Patrick Macnee Peter directed Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)
Pia Zadora Peter directed The Lonely Lady (1983)
Jared Martin Peter directed The Lonely Lady (1983)
Eric Porter Peter directed Hands of the Ripper (1971)- Marianne Stone Peter directed Countess Dracula (1971)
- Hilary Mason Peter directed I Don't Want to Be Born (1975)
Stephen Moore Peter directed The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
Known for
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Hands of the Ripper 1971
Taste the Blood of Dracula 1970
Countess Dracula 1971
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 24
71 credits on file
Television 24
Awards
About this person
Sasdy directed the 1960s TV series Wuthering Heights, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and The Spoils of Poynton for BBC TV. He also directed several early episodes of the hit TV series Minder, and earned a Razzie Award for his direction of the 1983 film The Lonely Lady.
