Peter Sasdy
Peter Sasdy (born May 27, 1935 in Budapest , Hungary ) is a British film director and television producer of Hungarian origin who has directed several films in the United Kingdom, including How does Dracula's blood taste? , Comtesse of horror , hands full of blood or welcome to the bloody city .
life and career
Peter Sasdy, born in Hungary in 1935, produced various episodes of television series and directed numerous television episodes and feature films, as well as writing a script himself.
Sasdy began his career as a director in the late 1950s and early 1960s with British television, including episodes for series such as Emergency Ward 10 , Harpers West One , and episodes of the series Probation Officer . In 1967 he directed four episodes for the British TV series Wuthering Heights , before shooting two episodes for the hammer series Journey to the Unknown in 1968 . The Hammer Studios familiar Sasdy then in the following years several feature films in the horror genre, including the continuation of Dracula with Christopher Lee Taste the Blood of Dracula , Comtesse of horror with Ingrid Pitt or hands full of blood . Sasdy was able to establish himself as a B-movie director for the cinema and was also allowed to continue to realize episodes for British television. In the mid-1970s, this resulted in various episodes for the television series Orson Welles' Great Mysteries and, in the late 1970s, episodes for Simon Templar - A Gentleman with a Halo . For hammer he staged in the 80s each three episodes of the series Hammer House of Horror ( freezing shocker ) and Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense ( Caution, high voltage! ).
In the 1980s he then increased his commitment as a television producer, which he had tackled briefly at the beginning of the 1960s with consequences for the series Drama 61-67 . With the two series The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole and The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole , he then expanded his activities to both fields, direction and production.
Filmography (selection)
Film director
- 1969: What does Dracula's blood taste like? (Taste the Blood of Dracula)
- 1971: Countess Dracula (Countess Dracula)
- 1971: hands full of blood (Hands of the Ripper)
- 1971: Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde)
- 1972: Doom Watch - Isle of Terror (Doomwatch)
- 1972: Nothing but the Night
- 1972: The Stone Tape (TV movie)
- 1975: The devil in her (I don't want to be Born)
- 1977: Welcome to the bloody city (Welcome to Blood City)
- 1980: Gefrier-Schocker (Hammer House of Horror) - TV series, 3 episodes: The Dinner Party (The Thirteenth Reunion) , Nightmare Without Awakening (Rude Awakening) and Visitors from the Hereafter (Visitor from the Grave)
- 1983: Career through all beds (The Lonely Lady)
- 1984: Caution, high voltage! (Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense) - TV series, 3 episodes: The Electronic Trap (Last Video and Testament) , Messengers of Death (The Sweet Scent Of Death) and The Blood Robbery (The Late Nancy Irving)
Screenwriter
- 1971: Countess Dracula (Countess Dracula)
Television producer
- 1962–1963: Drama 61-67 (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1985: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾) (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 1987: The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 1987: Imaginary Friends (TV miniseries, 3 episodes)
- 1989: Ending Up (TV movie)
- 1990: Making News (TV series, 6 episodes)
literature
Web links
- Peter Sasdy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Films by Peter Sasdy with German distribution titles
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sasdy, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sásdy, Péter (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British director and television producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest , Hungary |