Waris Hussein
- Directing
- December 9, 1938 · 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
- Richard Burton: Wild Genius · Self
- Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals · Self
- Waris Hussein in Conversation · Self
- Remembers… · Self
- Tales of Television Centre · Self
- Mr. Nice · Mohammed Durrani
- Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
- Doctor Who: Origins · Self
- Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction' · Self
- Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS · Self
- Mrs. Henderson Presents · Maharajah
- Doctor Who Confidential
- Her Best Friend's Husband · Director, Co-Executive Producer
- Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story · Director
- Sixth Happiness · Director
- Supply and Demand · Director
- A Child's Wish · Director
- The Face on the Milk Carton · Director
- Fall from Grace · Director
- Murder Between Friends · Director
- The Clothes in the Wardrobe · Director
- For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story · Director
- She Woke Up · Director
- Switched at Birth · Director
- Forbidden Nights · Director
- The Shell Seekers · Director
- Those She Left Behind · Director
- Cult People · Self
- Killer Instinct · Director
- Onassis: The Richest Man in the World · Director
- Intimate Contact · Director
- Downpayment on Murder · Director
- When the Bough Breaks · Director
- Maggie · Director
- Copacabana · Director
- Surviving · Director
- Screen Two · Director
- Arch of Triumph · Director
- The Winter of Our Discontent · Director
- Princess Daisy · Director
- Coming Out of the Ice · Director
- Little Gloria... Happy at Last · Director
- Callie & Son · Director
- Baby Comes Home · Director
- The Henderson Monster · Director
- Death Penalty · Director
- And Baby Makes Six · Director
- Edward and Mrs Simpson · Director
- Edward & Mrs. Simpson · Director
- Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger · Director
- Armchair Thriller · Director
- Daphne Laureola · Director
- The Sunday Drama · Director
- Romance: Three Weeks · Director
- Romance · Director
- Laurence Olivier Presents · Director
- Love Letters on Blue Paper · Director
- The Glittering Prizes · Director
- Chips with Everything · Director
- Notorious Woman · Director
- Shoulder to Shoulder · Director
- Rust · Director
- Black and Blue · Director
- Between the Wars · Director
- Divorce His, Divorce Hers · Director
- Hedda Gabler · Director
- Henry VIII and His Six Wives · Director
- The Possession of Joel Delaney · Director
- Melody · Director
- Great Performances · Director
- Play for Today · Director
- Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx · Director
- A Touch of Love · Director
- W. Somerset Maugham · Director
- Spoiled · Director
- Toggle · Director
- The Devil a Monk Would Be · Director
- Sleeping Dog · Director
- ITV Playhouse · Director
- Boy Meets Girl · Director