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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.
Waris Hussein. Director: Edward & Mrs. Simpson. Born in Lucknow, India, Waris Hussein moved to England at age nine with his parents. He later attended Cambridge and at 21 started as a trainee director with BBC, where his mother, the late Attia Hussein, worked.
Jan 30, 2024 · Waris Hussein: ‘I am so angry the BBC sold Television Centre. They destroyed the world they had’. The pioneering director on fraternising with Elizabeth Taylor and EM Forster, making the...
Waris Hussein. Director: Edward & Mrs. Simpson. Born in Lucknow, India, Waris Hussein moved to England at age nine with his parents. He later attended Cambridge and at 21 started as a trainee director with BBC, where his mother, the late Attia Hussein, worked.
As Doctor Who's 60th anniversary specials approach, returning showrunner Russell T Davies sat down with Waris Hussein, the original director of the iconic sci-fi series.
Sep 29, 2023 · Doctor Who director Waris Hussein In Conversation. We explore his career in detail, including directing the first ever Doctor Who serial - An Unearthly Child...
Waris ran the whole gamut of the entertainment world – actor with the Nottingham Playhouse, director of TV Serials, Television Films, Feature Films, in the UK, America and finally India, where in 1997, he filmed and directed Sixth Happiness, adapted from the novel “Trying to Grow” by Firdaus Kanga.
