Waris Hussein
Date of Birth:
Dec 09, 1938
Place of Birth:
Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
Date of Birth:
Dec 09, 1938
Place of Birth:
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).