Waris Hussein
Directing
December 9, 1938 (87 years old)
Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
14
Acting Credits
91
Directed
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).
Known For
Filmography
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025
as Self
7.5
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023
as Self
4.7
Waris Hussein in Conversation
2023
as Self
Remembers…
2022
as Self
7
Tales of Television Centre
2012
as Self
8
Mr. Nice
2010
as Mohammed Durrani
6.1
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
Doctor Who: Origins
2006
as Self
8.5
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
2006
as Self
7
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
2006
as Self
8
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
as Maharajah
6.7
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
8.2
Cult People
1989
as himself
7
Corrigan Blake
1962
as Cholo