# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-martinus
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:52:52.344Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-martinus"
name: "Derek Martinus"
slug: "derek-martinus"
description: "Derek Buitenhuis, known professionally as Derek Martinus, was an English television and theatre director. Originally an actor, he directed episodes of Z-Cars and Doctor Who, for which he was best known. He also had a long career directing stage productions."
tagline: "British director, Actor and producer (1931–2014)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1931-04-04"
deathDate: "2014-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.272822666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0554199/"
    handle:    "nm0554199"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Martinus"
    title: "Derek Martinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ديريك مارتينوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Martinus"
    title: "Derek Martinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%B7%E9%87%8C%E5%85%8B%C2%B7%E9%A9%AC%E4%B8%81%E5%8A%AA%E6%96%AF"
    title: "德里克·马丁努斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Martinus"
    title: "Derek Martinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Martinus"
    title: "Derek Martinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3023747"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump