Peter Sasdy

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Peter Sasdy (b. 1935 in Budapest, Hungary) is a British film and TV director.

As well as numerous TV credits, notably the Nigel Kneale-scripted The Stone Tape, he directed several horror films for Hammer Studios, including Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969), Countess Dracula (1970) and Hands of the Ripper (1971). He is perhaps best known today for directing 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.