# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/waris-hussein
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:34:05.580Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/waris-hussein"
name: "Waris Hussein"
slug: "waris-hussein"
description: "Waris Hussein is an Indian-born British 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)."
tagline: "Indian-British television and film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gallifrey_2011-_Podshock_with_Waris_Hussein_-_5514760415.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1938-12-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.19
  momentum:             1.999072356215213
  historical:           12.75979866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0404014/"
    handle:    "nm0404014"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waris_Hussein"
    title: "Waris Hussein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "واريس هوسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "ওয়ারিস হুসেইন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waris_Hussein"
    title: "Waris Hussein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waris_Hussein"
    title: "Waris Hussein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB_%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "وارث حسین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waris_Hussein"
    title: "Waris Hussein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waris_Hussein"
    title: "Waris Hussein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waris_Hussein"
    title: "Waris Hussein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ワリス・フセイン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9B%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4_%ED%9B%84%EC%84%B8%EC%9D%B8"
    title: "워리스 후세인"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waris_Hussein"
    title: "Waris Hussein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waris_Hussein"
    title: "Waris Hussein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Хуссейн, Уорис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2570928"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44726"
    title: "Waris Hussein"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump