Waris Hussein
Directing
Born December 9, 1938 · 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).
Directed (47)
Her Best Friend's Husband
2002
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
1998
Sixth Happiness
1997
A Child's Wish
1997
The Face on the Milk Carton
1995
Fall from Grace
1994
Murder Between Friends
1994
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
1993
She Woke Up
1992
Forbidden Nights
1990
The Shell Seekers
1989
Those She Left Behind
1989
Killer Instinct
1988
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988
Downpayment on Murder
1987
When the Bough Breaks
1986
Copacabana
1985
Surviving
1985
Arch of Triumph
1984
The Winter of Our Discontent
1983
Coming Out of the Ice
1982
Callie & Son
1981
Baby Comes Home
1980
The Henderson Monster
1980
Death Penalty
1980
And Baby Makes Six
1979
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger
1978
Daphne Laureola
1978
Love Letters on Blue Paper
1976
Chips with Everything
1975
Rust
1973
Hedda Gabler
1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
Melody
1971
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970
A Touch of Love
1969
Toggle
1968
The Connoisseur
1966
Ella
1966
Macready's Gala
1966
A Man on Her Back
1966
A Passage to India
1965
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
1964
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
1963
Acting (12)
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
2025
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
2013
Tales of Television Centre
2012
Mr. Nice
2010
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
Doctor Who: Origins
2006
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
2006
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
2006
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
Cult People
1989