Waris Hussein
Director
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).
As Director
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
The Face on the Milk Carton
1995
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
1963
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988
A Touch of Love
1969
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
1964
Her Best Friend's Husband
2002
Arch of Triumph
1984
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993Filmography
Mrs. Henderson Presents
as Maharajah 2005
Mr. Nice
as Mohammed Durrani 2010
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
as Self 2023
Tales of Television Centre
as Self 2012
Doctor Who: Origins
as Self 2006
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
as Self 2006
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
as Self 2006
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
as Ryoth 2013
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
as Self 2025
Cult People
as himself 1989