Early life
Hussein was born Waris Habibullah inCareer
After graduating in 1960, he joined the BBC to train as a director. He also changed his name from Habibullah to Hussein:"It sounded like the King of Jordan then, butHussein directed the first '' Doctor Who'' serial, ''ater Ater (Hebrew אֲתַר) is an Old Testament male name. #A descendant of Hezekiah, who returned from Babylon ; #An Israelite, who subscribed to Nehemiah Nehemiah is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in r ...turned out to be more likeSaddam Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolution ...– and that doesn't help in life".
" wasa graduate fromIn 1964, Hussein returned to the series to direct most of the fourth serial, '' Marco Polo''. He went on to direct many other productions such as aCambridge Cambridge ( ) is a College town, university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cam ...withhonours Honour (British English) or honor (American English; see spelling differences) is the idea of a bond between an individual and a society as a quality of a person that is both of social teaching and of personal ethos, that manifests itself as a ..., and you're directing this piece about cavemen in skins .I thought, 'Where have I landed up in my life?'"
Awards
Hussein received a ''Best Drama Series or Serial''Personal life
Hussein is gay, lost a partner of twelve years to AIDS in the 1980s, and discussed his own sexuality and the wider subject in a 2017 episode of the '' Doctor Who: The Fan Show''.Director credits
*'' A Touch of Love'' (1969) *''References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hussein, Waris 1938 births Living people Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Artists from Lucknow English film directors English television directors British India emigrants to the United Kingdom LGBT film directors LGBT television directors LGBT people from England People educated at Clifton College People from Mumbai Television people from London