Waris Hussein

Directing·Dec 9, 1938·Lucknow, United Provinces, British India

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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).

Film	Credit
Richard Burton: Wild Genius2025 · Self	Self
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals2023 · Self	Self
Tales of Television Centre2012 · Self	Self
Mr. Nice2010 · Mohammed Durrani	Mohammed Durrani
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen2008 · Actor	Actor
Doctor Who: Origins2006 · Self	Self
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'2006 · Self	Self
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS2006 · Self	Self
Mrs. Henderson Presents2005 · Maharajah	Maharajah
Her Best Friend's Husband2002 · Director	Director
LLife of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story1998 · Director	Director
Sixth Happiness1997 · Director	Director
A Child's Wish1997 · Director	Director
The Face on the Milk Carton1995 · Director	Director
Fall from Grace1994 · Director	Director
Murder Between Friends1994 · Director	Director
The Clothes in the Wardrobe1993 · Director	Director
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story1993 · Director	Director
She Woke Up1992 · Director	Director
Forbidden Nights1990 · Director	Director
The Shell Seekers1989 · Director	Director
Those She Left Behind1989 · Director	Director
Cult People1989 · himself	himself
Killer Instinct1988 · Director	Director
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World1988 · Director	Director
Downpayment on Murder1987 · Director	Director
When the Bough Breaks1986 · Director	Director
Maggie1986 · Director	Director
Copacabana1985 · Director	Director
Surviving1985 · Director	Director
Arch of Triumph1984 · Director	Director
The Winter of Our Discontent1983 · Director	Director
Coming Out of the Ice1982 · Director	Director
Callie & Son1981 · Director	Director
Baby Comes Home1980 · Director	Director
The Henderson Monster1980 · Director	Director
Death Penalty1980 · Director	Director
And Baby Makes Six1979 · Director	Director
Edward & Mrs. Simpson1978 · Director	Director
AArmchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger1978 · Director	Director
Daphne Laureola1978 · Director	Director
RRomance: Three Weeks1977 · Director	Director
Love Letters on Blue Paper1976 · Director	Director
Chips with Everything1975 · Director	Director
RRust1973 · Director	Director
HHedda Gabler1972 · Director	Director
Henry VIII and His Six Wives1972 · Director	Director
The Possession of Joel Delaney1972 · Director	Director