Waris Hussein
December 9, 1938 (85 years old) in Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
Waris Hussein (né Habibullah; born 9 December 1938) is a British-Indian television and film director. At the beginning of his career, he was employed by the BBC as its youngest drama director. He directed early episodes of Doctor Who, including the first serial, An Unearthly Child (1963), and later directed the multiple-award-winning Thames Television serial Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978).
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals as Self
- 2012 · Tales of Television Centre as
- 2010 · Mr. Nice as Mohammed Durrani
- 2006 · Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction" as Self
- 2006 · Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS as Self
- 2006 · Doctor Who: Origins as Self
- 2005 · Mrs. Henderson Presents as Maharajah
- 2005 · Doctor Who Confidential as
- 1989 · Cult People as himself
- 1962 · Corrigan Blake as