Personal Information

Known ForDirecting

GenderMale

Birth DateMar 16, 1935 (91 years old)

Zodiac Sign♓Pisces

Career Span1960 – Present (67 yrs)

Known Credits26 Titles

Official Links

IMDb WWikidata

DirectingPopularity Score 0.8

Tristan de Vere Cole

Also known as:Tristan John de Vere Cole

Total Works

5 movies • 21 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

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worldwide gross

Global Reach

TMDB star index

Biography

English television director, now retired. He is believed to be the last-surviving illegitimate son of the painter Augustus John (1878–1961).

Signature Roles & Milestones

Top-rated highlights from Tristan de Vere Cole's career

7.9

Doctor Who

1963•series

Role: Director

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 26 titles featuring Tristan de Vere Cole

7.9

Doctor Who

1963•series

Role: Director

5.3

Coronation Street

1960•series

Role: Director

4.3

Emmerdale

1972•series

Role: Director

5.8

Orion's Belt

1985•movie

Role: Director

7.9

Survivors

1975•series

Role: Director

7.0

Bergerac

1981•series

Role: Director

7.8

Secret Army

1977•series

Role: Director

5.9

Howards' Way

1985•series

Role: Director

6.2

The Dive

1989•movie

Role: Director

4.2

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965•series

Role: Director

7.3

Z-Cars

1962•series

Role: Director

6.5

Juliet Bravo

1980•series

Role: Director

5.8

Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space

1968•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Kessler

1981•series

Role: Director

7.2

Strangers

1978•series

Role: Director

4.5

Angels

1975•series

Role: Director

6.7

Warship

1973•series

Role: Director

7.7

House of Caradus

1979•series

Role: Director

6.0

Trainer

1991•series

Role: Director

7.0

Innes Lloyd: The Producer

2025•movie

as Self

7.0

Spy Trap

1972•series

Role: Director

6.5

Squadron

1982•series

Role: Director

10.0

Take Three Girls

1969•series

Role: Director

5.0

The Spoils of War

1980•series

Role: Director

Storm Witch

movie

Role: Writer

Trinity Tales

1975•series

Role: Director