Paul Vanezis is a key member of the Doctor Who Restoration Team and a person actively involved in the search for missing episodes. He was notably directly involved in the recovery of the first three episodes of The Reign of Terror. He was also responsible for video effects and editing in the Reeltime Pictures home video story Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans. He also directed the home video The Crusade, which featured William Russell in a linking narrative for that story.

KNOWN FOR

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2021
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002
Roger Delgado: The Master
2009
Doctor Who: Leela vs. The Time War
2024
Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking
2015
The Doctor Who Escape Room: Team Third Doctor
2025
Hello Sailor!
2008
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009
Return of the Unknown
2014
A New Body at Last
2007
Regenerations: From Black and White to Colour
2011

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Directing
21
Writing
1
Producing
16
Camera
4
Editing
3
Sound
1
Visual Effects
1
Crew
7
2025
John Levene: In Conversation
Director
2025
The Doctor Who Escape Room: Team Third Doctor
Director
2025
Lucky 13: Rockets, Aliens & Spare Parts
Director
2022
William Russell: In Conversation
Director
2022
Maureen O'Brien: In Conversation
Director
2021
In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy
Director
2021
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Director
2020
Further Out of Town
Director
2019
Doctor Who: The Trial
Director
2019
Bonnie Langford: In Conversation
Director
2018
Tom Baker in Conversation
Director
2018
The Secret Story of Stuff: Materials of the Modern Age
Director
2018
Peter Davison: In Conversation
Director
2015
Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking
Director
2010
Chain Reaction
Director
2007
A New Body at Last
Director
2006
Apollo 11: A Night to Remember
Director
2004
Global Conspiracy?
Director
2002
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Director
2001
Creating Sharaz Jek
Director
1998
Doctor Who: The Missing Years
Director