Waris Hussein

Waris Hussein (born on 9 December 1938 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India) is a British-Indian television director and film director best known for his many productions for British television. He moved to the UK with his parents at the age of nine. He was educated at Clifton College and Cambridge University He is particularly remembered for having directed the first ever Doctor Who serial, An Unearthly Child, in 1963. In 1964 he returned to the ser... more

Waris Hussein (born on 9 December 1938 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India) is a British-Indian television director and film director best known for his many productions for British television. He moved to the UK with his parents at the age of nine. He was educated at Clifton College and Cambridge University He is particularly remembered for having directed the first ever Doctor Who serial, An Unearthly Child, in 1963. In 1964 he returned to the series to direct the fourth serial, Marco Polo. He went on to enjoy a successful career directing many productions such as a 1965 BBC television version of A Passage to India; a suffragette movement drama Shoulder to Shoulder (BBC, 1974); the BBC serial Notorious Woman (1974); and the Thames Television serial Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978). The latter two productions saw him working once more with former Doctor Who producer Verity Lambert. He also directed the theatrical motion picture version of Henry VIII and his Six Wives (1973) starring Keith... less