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).

KNOWN FOR

Doctor Who
1963
Great Performances
1976
Play for Today
1976
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Screen Two
1993
The Wednesday Play
1966
ITV Playhouse
1977
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1966
Compact
1962
Sunday-Night Play
1963
Doctor Who Confidential
2006
The Sunday Drama
1977

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
14
Directing
91
Writing
3
Producing
1
2025
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
as Self
2024
Remembers…
as Self
2023
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
as Self
2023
Waris Hussein in Conversation
as Self
2012
Tales of Television Centre
as Self
2010
Mr. Nice
as Mohammed Durrani
2008
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2006
Doctor Who: Origins
as Self
2006
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
as Self
2006
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
as Self
2006
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Mrs. Henderson Presents
as Maharajah
1989
Cult People
as himself
1962
Corrigan Blake
as Cholo