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Director
Waris Hussein
- Born December 9, 1938 in Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
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
Doctor Who1963
Mrs. Henderson Presents2005
Mr. Nice2010
Melody1971
Doctor Who Confidential2005
The Possession of Joel Delaney1972
The Face on the Milk Carton1995
Great Performances1971
Filmography
- 2025Richard Burton: Wild GeniusFilmSelf
- 2023Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & ScandalsFilmSelf
- 2023Waris Hussein in ConversationFilmSelf
- 2022Remembers…SeriesSelf
- 2012Tales of Television CentreFilmSelf
- 2010Mr. NiceFilmMohammed Durrani
- 2008Verity Lambert: Drama QueenFilm
- 2006Doctor Who: OriginsFilmSelf
- 2006Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'FilmSelf
- 2006Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDISFilmSelf
- 2005Mrs. Henderson PresentsFilmMaharajah
- 2005Doctor Who ConfidentialSeries
- 2002Her Best Friend's HusbandFilmDirector, Co-Executive Producer
- 1998Sixth HappinessFilmDirector
- 1998Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman StoryFilmDirector
- 1998Supply and DemandSeriesDirector
- 1997A Child's WishFilmDirector
- 1995The Face on the Milk CartonFilmDirector
- 1994Fall from GraceFilmDirector
- 1994Murder Between FriendsFilmDirector
- 1993The Clothes in the WardrobeFilmDirector
- 1993For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala StoryFilmDirector
- 1992She Woke UpFilmDirector
- 1991Switched at BirthSeriesDirector
- 1990Forbidden NightsFilmDirector
- 1989The Shell SeekersFilmDirector
- 1989Those She Left BehindFilmDirector
- 1989Cult PeopleFilmhimself
- 1988Onassis: The Richest Man in the WorldFilmDirector
- 1988Killer InstinctFilmDirector
- 1987Downpayment on MurderFilmDirector
- 1987Intimate ContactSeriesDirector
- 1986When the Bough BreaksFilmDirector
- 1986MaggieFilmDirector
- 1985SurvivingFilmDirector
- 1985Screen TwoSeriesDirector
- 1985CopacabanaFilmDirector
- 1984Arch of TriumphFilmDirector
- 1983Princess DaisySeriesDirector
- 1983The Winter of Our DiscontentFilmDirector
- 1982Little Gloria... Happy at LastSeriesDirector
- 1982Coming Out of the IceFilmDirector
- 1981Callie & SonFilmDirector
- 1980The Henderson MonsterFilmDirector
- 1980Death PenaltyFilmDirector
- 1980Baby Comes HomeFilmDirector
- 1979And Baby Makes SixFilmDirector
- 1978Armchair ThrillerSeriesDirector
- 1978Edward and Mrs SimpsonSeriesDirector
- 1978Daphne LaureolaFilmDirector
- 1978Edward & Mrs. SimpsonFilmDirector
- 1978Armchair Thriller – Rachel in DangerFilmDirector
- 1977The Sunday DramaSeriesDirector
- 1977Romance: Three WeeksFilmDirector
- 1977RomanceSeriesDirector
- 1976The Glittering PrizesSeriesDirector
- 1976Love Letters on Blue PaperFilmDirector
- 1976Laurence Olivier PresentsSeriesDirector
- 1975Chips with EverythingFilmDirector
- 1974Notorious WomanSeriesDirector
- 1974Shoulder to ShoulderSeriesDirector
- 1973Divorce His, Divorce HersSeriesDirector
- 1973Black and BlueSeriesDirector
- 1973Between the WarsSeriesDirector
- 1973RustFilmDirector
- 1972The Possession of Joel DelaneyFilmDirector
- 1972Henry VIII and His Six WivesFilmDirector
- 1972Hedda GablerFilmDirector
- 1971MelodyFilmDirector
- 1971Great PerformancesSeriesDirector
- 1970Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the BronxFilmDirector
- 1970Play for TodaySeriesDirector
- 1969A Touch of LoveFilmDirector
- 1969W. Somerset MaughamSeriesDirector
- 1968ToggleFilmDirector
- 1968SpoiledFilmDirector
- 1967ITV PlayhouseSeriesDirector
- 1967Death of a Teddy BearFilmDirector
- 1967Days in the TreesFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1967Sleeping DogFilmDirector