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Waris Hussein
Directing
Born: December 9, 1938
Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
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
Mr. Nice
as Mohammed Durrani
Mrs. Henderson Presents
as Maharajah
Doctor Who: Origins
as Self
Tales of Television Centre
as Self
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
as Self
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
as Self
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
Cult People
as himself
Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction"
as Self
