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Known For
Directing
Birthday
December 9, 1938
Place of Birth
Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
Waris Hussein
0.5 Popularity
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
8.0
Self
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025
🎬
0.0
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
2025
4.7
Self
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023
7.0
Ryoth
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
2013
8.0
Self
Tales of Television Centre
2012
6.1
Mohammed Durrani
Mr. Nice
2010
0.0
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
8.5
Self
Doctor Who: Origins
2006
8.0
Self
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
2006
7.0
Self
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
2006
Credits
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
as Self
2025
8.0
🎬
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
2025
0.0
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
as Self
2023
4.7
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
as Ryoth
2013
7.0
Tales of Television Centre
as Self
2012
8.0
Mr. Nice
as Mohammed Durrani
2010
6.1
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
0.0
Doctor Who: Origins
as Self
2006
8.5
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
as Self
2006
8.0
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
as Self
2006
7.0
Mrs. Henderson Presents
as Maharajah
2005
6.6
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
8.2
Cult People
as himself
1989
0.0
🎬
Corrigan Blake
1962
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