Waris Hussein
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 9, 1938 (age 87)
- Birthplace
- Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
Biography
Waris Hussein (né Habibullah; born 9 December 1938) is a British-Indian 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).
Known For
Filmography
Her Best Friend's Husband
Movie · Director
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Movie · Director
Sixth Happiness
Movie · Director
Supply and Demand
TV · Director · 4 eps
A Child's Wish
Movie · Director
The Face on the Milk Carton
Movie · Director
Murder Between Friends
Movie · Director
Fall from Grace
Movie · Director
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Movie · Director
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
Movie · Director
She Woke Up
Movie · Director
Switched at Birth
TV · Director · 2 eps
Forbidden Nights
Movie · Director
The Shell Seekers
Movie · Director
Those She Left Behind
Movie · Director
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Movie · Director
Killer Instinct
Movie · Director
Downpayment on Murder
Movie · Director
Intimate Contact
TV · Director · 2 eps
When the Bough Breaks
Movie · Director
Maggie
Movie · Director
Copacabana
Movie · Director
Surviving
Movie · Director
Screen Two
TV · Director · 1 ep
Arch of Triumph
Movie · Director
The Winter of Our Discontent
Movie · Director
Princess Daisy
TV · Director · 2 eps
Coming Out of the Ice
Movie · Director
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
TV · Director · 2 eps
Callie & Son
Movie · Director
Death Penalty
Movie · Director
The Henderson Monster
Movie · Director
Baby Comes Home
Movie · Director
And Baby Makes Six
Movie · Director
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Movie · Director
Daphne Laureola
Movie · Director
Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger
Movie · Director
Armchair Thriller
TV · Director · 4 eps
Edward and Mrs Simpson
TV · Director · 7 eps
Romance: Three Weeks
Movie · Director
The Sunday Drama
TV · Director · 1 ep
Romance
TV · Director · 2 eps
Love Letters on Blue Paper
Movie · Director
Laurence Olivier Presents
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Glittering Prizes
TV · Director · 3 eps
Chips with Everything
Movie · Director
Notorious Woman
TV · Director · 7 eps
Shoulder to Shoulder
TV · Director · 4 eps
Rust
Movie · Director
Black and Blue
TV · Director · 1 ep
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
TV · Director · 2 eps
Between the Wars
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Movie · Director
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Movie · Director
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Director
Melody
Movie · Director
Great Performances
TV · Director · 1 ep
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Movie · Director
Play for Today
TV · Director · 1 ep
A Touch of Love
Movie · Director
W. Somerset Maugham
TV · Director · 1 ep
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Movie · Director
Spoiled
Movie · Director
Death of a Teddy Bear
Movie · Director
Days in the Trees
Movie · Director
Sleeping Dog
Movie · Director
The Devil a Monk Would Be
Movie · Director
ITV Playhouse
TV · Director · 2 eps
Boy Meets Girl
TV · Director · 1 ep
Macready's Gala
Movie · Director
The Connoisseur
Movie · Director
A Man on Her Back
Movie · Director
Ella
Movie · Director
Thirteen Against Fate
TV · Director · 1 ep
A Passage to India
Movie · Director
BBC Play of the Month
TV · Director · 6 eps
Londoners
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Newcomers
TV · Director · 2 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · Director · 1 ep
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
Movie · Director
The Wednesday Play
TV · Director · 9 eps
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling
TV · Director · 4 eps
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Movie · Director
Doctor Who
TV · Director · 10 eps
Moonstrike
TV · Director · 1 ep
Festival
TV · Director · 1 ep
Compact
TV · Director · 10 eps
Suspense
TV · Director · 1 ep
Sunday-Night Play
TV · Director · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · Director · 2 eps