Waris Hussein (néHabibullah; born 9 December 1938)[1] 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.[2] He directed early episodes of Doctor Who, including the first serial, An Unearthly Child (1963),[3] and later directed the multiple-award-winning Thames Television serial Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978).
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^Bhuchar, Suman (12 February 2018). "Waris Hussein breaking through BFI Season – Emmy and BAFTA winning director talks about 'Doctor Who', Richard Burton and 'A Passage to India' and 'Edward & Mrs Simpson'". Asian Culture Vulture. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^Sweney, Mark (16 October 2013). "Doctor Who director exposes William Hartnell as reluctant first Time Lord". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
WarisHussein (né Habibullah; born 9 December 1938) is a British-Indian television and film director. At the beginning of his career he was employed by...
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staff, including the involvement of Sydney Newman, Verity Lambert and WarisHussein. The television film received positive feedback after its broadcast...
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title role of Melody Perkins. Birkin also recommended Tracy to director WarisHussein, writer Alan Parker and producer David Puttnam. After screen tests and...
wishes of their families. They had two children, Shama Habibullah and WarisHussein. In the early 1940s the couple moved to Bombay, where Ali Bahadur was...
is an American murder mystery television film of 1994, directed by WarisHussein. It is based on the true story of the murder of Janet Myers, a Louisiana...
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