Personal Info

  • Known For

    Directing

  • Known Credits

    8

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    December 09, 1938 ( 86 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    Lucknow, United Provinces, British India

Waris Hussein

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).