- Waris Hussein
Waris Hussein (born in
Lucknow ,Uttar Pradesh ,India ) is a British-Indiantelevision director andfilm director best known for his many productions forBritish television . He moved to the UK with his parents at the age of nine.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 1965BBC television version of "A Passage to India "; a suffragette movement drama "Shoulder to Shoulder " (BBC, 1974); the BBC serial "Notorious Woman " (1974); and theThames Television serial "Edward and Mrs Simpson " (1978). The latter two productions saw him working once more with former "Doctor Who" producerVerity Lambert . He also directed the theatrical motion picture version of "Henry VIII and his Six Wives " (1973) starringKeith Michell ,Charlotte Rampling andDonald Pleasance .In 1983 he declined an offer to direct the twentieth anniversary "Doctor Who" special, "
The Five Doctors ". In the 1990s he directed severaltelevision movie s in theUnited States .External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0404014/ Waris Hussein] at the
Internet Movie Database
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