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Waris Hussein
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🎂 December 9, 1938 · 87📍 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).
BODY OF WORK
Waris Hussein's Filmography
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Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025⭐ 7.5
as Self
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Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023⭐ 4.7
as Self
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Waris Hussein in Conversation
2023
as Self
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Tales of Television Centre
2012⭐ 8.0
as Self
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Mr. Nice
2010⭐ 6.1
as Mohammed Durrani
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Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
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Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
2006⭐ 8.0
as Self
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Doctor Who: Origins
2006⭐ 8.5
as Self
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Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
2006⭐ 7.0
as Self
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Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005⭐ 6.7
as Maharajah
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Cult People
1989⭐ 7.0
as himself