Peter Sasdy (born 27 May 1935 in Budapest, Hungary) is a British film and television director.
[1] 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).
Sasdy directed Welcome to Blood City for Warner Bros., perhaps the first cinema release movie in the "virtual-reality" genre.
From 1985 to 1987, he directed the Thames Television production of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3⁄4.
He also produced and directed Kingsley Amis's Ending Up for Thames TV, which starred John Mills, Wendy Hiller and Michael Hordern.