From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Peter Sasdy born 27 May 1935 in Budapest Hungary is a British film and TV director As well as numerous TV credits notably the Nigel Knealescripted 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 34 Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Sasdy licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia