Waris Hussein

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

11

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-12-09 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Lucknow, United Provinces, British India

Waris Hussein

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).

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Directing

2002
Her Best Friend's Husband as Director
1998
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story as Director
1997
Sixth Happiness as Director
1997
A Child's Wish as Director
1995
The Face on the Milk Carton as Director
1994
Fall from Grace as Director
1994
Murder Between Friends as Director
1993
The Summer House as Director
1993
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story as Director
1992
She Woke Up as Director
1991
Switched at Birth as Director
1990
Forbidden Nights as Director
1989
The Shell Seekers as Director
1989
Those She Left Behind as Director
1988
Killer Instinct as Director
1988
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World as Director
1987
Intimate Contact as Director
1987
Downpayment on Murder as Director
1986
When the Bough Breaks as Director
1985
Copacabana as Director
1985
Surviving as Director
1984
Arch of Triumph as Director
1983
The Winter of Our Discontent as Director
1983
Princess Daisy as Director
1982
Coming Out of the Ice as Director
1982
Little Gloria... Happy at Last as Director
1981
Callie & Son as Director
1980
Baby Comes Home as Director
1980
The Henderson Monster as Director
1980
Death Penalty as Director
1979
And Baby Makes Six as Director
1978
Edward and Mrs Simpson as Director
1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson as Director
1978
Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger as Director
1978
Armchair Thriller as Director
1978
Daphne Laureola as Director
1977
Romance as Director
1976
Laurence Olivier Presents as Director
1976
Love Letters on Blue Paper as Director
1976
The Glittering Prizes as Director
1974
Notorious Woman as Director
1974
Shoulder to Shoulder as Director
1973
Rust as Director
1973
Black and Blue as Director
1973
Divorce His, Divorce Hers as Director
1972
Hedda Gabler as Director
1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Director
1972
The Possession of Joel Delaney as Director
1971
Melody as Director
1970
Play for Today as Director
1970
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx as Director
1969
A Touch of Love as Director
1968
Toggle as Director
1966
The Connoisseur as Director
1966
Macready's Gala as Director
1966
A Man on Her Back as Director
1965
A Passage to India as Director
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Director
1964
Doctor Who: Marco Polo as Director
1963
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child as Director
1963
Doctor Who as Director
1962
Compact as Director
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Director

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2002
Her Best Friend's Husband as Co-Executive Producer
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