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Waris Hussein

Directing
1938-12-09
Lucknow, United Provinces, British India

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).

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Behind the Camera (82)

Doctor Who
7.9
TV
Doctor Who

Director

Play for Today
6.6
TV
Play for Today

Director

BBC Play of the Month
5.2
TV
BBC Play of the Month
5.2
TV
The Wednesday Play
5.2
TV
The Wednesday Play
5.2
TV
Screen Two
7.1
TV
Screen Two

Director

ITV Playhouse
7.0
TV
ITV Playhouse

Director

Compact
5.0
TV
Compact

Director

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.8
TV
Londoners
TV
Londoners

Director

The Sunday Drama
5.0
TV
The Sunday Drama

Director

Armchair Thriller
4.2
TV
Edward and Mrs Simpson
6.8
TV
Princess Daisy
7.4
TV
Princess Daisy

Director

Black and Blue
6.5
TV
Black and Blue

Director

Notorious Woman
6.5
TV
Notorious Woman

Director

Supply and Demand
10.0
TV
Switched at Birth
7.0
TV
Melody
7.1
Melody

Director

Copacabana
7.2
Copacabana

Director

Shoulder to Shoulder
6.5
TV
Callie & Son
6.8
Callie & Son

Director

Surviving
5.0
Surviving

Director

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