Waris Hussein

Waris Hussein directed the first broadcast Doctor Who television stories, "An Unearthly Child." He also directed all but one of the seven episodes of the story "Marco Polo."

Biography
Waris Hussein was born 9th December 1938 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, moving with his parents to London when he was 9 years old. He attended Cambridge and worked as a trainee at the BBC, where his mother, Attia Hussein, was a newsreader and dramatic star.

Other credits
In addition to his work on Doctor Who, Hussein has also directed the theatrical films, Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972), The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972), the television movies Daphne Laureola (1978), Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982), Princess Daisy (1983), The Winter of Our Discontent (1983), Copacabana (1985), The Face on the Milk Carton (1995), and Her Best Friend's Husband (2002), among others. He has also written the television movies Days in the Trees (1967) and St. Joan (1968). Prior to his career behind the camera, Mr. Hussein had one acting credit, appearing in an epsiode of Corrigan Blake in 1962.

Mr. Hussein continues to direct and produce in the UK, the US, and his native India.