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BornDecember 9, 1938 (age 87)
Place of birthLucknow, United Provinces, British India
Film credits10
Waris Hussein
AliveKnown for Directing
Biography
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).
Filmography
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025
as Self
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023
as Self
Tales of Television Centre
2012
as Self
Mr. Nice
2010
as Mohammed Durrani
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
Doctor Who: Origins
2006
as Self
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
2006
as Self
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
2006
as Self
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
as Maharajah
Cult People
1989
as himself