Waris Hussein
Birthday:
9 December 1938, Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
Birth Name:
Waris Habibullah
Born in Lucknow, India, Waris Hussein moved to England at age nine with his parents. He later attended Cambridge and at 21 started as a trainee director with BBC, where his mother, the late Attia Hussein, worked. In addition to reading news in Hindi, she was also the station's dramatic star--translating William Shakespeare in Urdu and Hindi--a...
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Born in Lucknow, India, Waris Hussein moved to England at age nine with his parents. He later attended Cambridge and at 21 started as a trainee director with BBC, where his mother, the late Attia Hussein, worked. In addition to reading news in Hindi, she was also the station's dramatic star--translating William Shakespeare in Urdu and Hindi--as well as an author. Young Hussein, too, was influenced by his mother's artistic abilities and knew very early on that he wanted to be a director. After starting in television with work on Doctor Who (1963) (including directing the very first episode, Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child (1963)), Hussein moved on to film, directing such legends as Lord Laurence Olivier, Bette Davis and Joan Plowright.While considering himself a British filmmaker, Hussein has worked both sides of the Atlantic, as well as in the country of his birth, India. Show less «
[on Doctor Who (2005)] There is an element now, and I know we're living in a different era, of sexuality that has crept in. Why bring in thi...Show more »
[on Doctor Who (2005)] There is an element now, and I know we're living in a different era, of sexuality that has crept in. Why bring in this element when in fact you needn't have it there?. The intriguing thing about the original person, was that you never quite knew about him and there was a mystery and an unavailability about him. Now we've just had a recent rebirth and another girl has joined us, a companion, she actually snogged him. Show less «
