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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 first...
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.
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.
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.
Oct 16, 2013 · But it is Doctor Who that is thrusting Waris Hussein into the limelight in 2013 and underlines his extraordinary achievement as a youngster working in the television industry in the early...
Waris Hussein has directed many feature films and television programs in the UK and the USA. He has won Emmy and BAFTA awards for his work as a director.
Waris Hussein directed Doctor Who’s first ever adventure as well as the show’s pilot episode. He was one of the team responsible for convincing William Hartnell to take his most famous...
May 1, 2023 · Much has been written about Doctor Who across the past six decades, but surely little could be more striking and fascinating than the diary kept by Waris Hussein way back in 1963 – his...
