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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Filmography
all 74
Director 63
Movies 53
TV Shows 21
self 6
Self
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals (2023)
Movie
Self
William Hartnell: The Original (2013)
Movie
Tales of Television Centre (2012)
Movie
Mohammed Durrani
Mr. Nice (2010)
Movie
Self
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS (2006)
Movie
Self
Doctor Who: Origins (2006)
Movie
Self
Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction" (2006)
Movie
Maharajah
Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
Movie
5.46
Doctor Who Confidential (2005)
TV
Director
Her Best Friend's Husband (2002)
Movie
Director
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story (1998)
Movie
Director
Sixth Happiness (1997)
Movie
Director
A Child's Wish (1997)
Movie
Director
The Face on the Milk Carton (1995)
Movie
Director
Fall from Grace (1994)
Movie
Director
Murder Between Friends (1994)
Movie
Director
The Summer House (1993)
Movie
Director
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story (1993)
Movie
Director
She Woke Up (1992)
Movie
Director
Switched at Birth (1991)
Movie
Director
Forbidden Nights (1990)
Movie
Director
The Shell Seekers (1989)
Movie
Director
Those She Left Behind (1989)
Movie
Self
Cult People (1989)
Movie
Director
Killer Instinct (1988)
Movie
Director
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988)
Movie
Director
Intimate Contact (1987)
TV
Director
Downpayment on Murder (1987)
Movie
Director
When the Bough Breaks (1986)
Movie
Director
Copacabana (1985)
Movie
Director
Arch of Triumph (1985)
Movie
Director
Surviving (1985)
Movie
Director
The Winter of Our Discontent (1983)
Movie
Director
Princess Daisy (1983)
TV
Director
Coming Out of the Ice (1982)
Movie
Director
Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982)
TV
Director
Callie & Son (1981)
Movie
Director
Baby Comes Home (1980)
Movie
Director
The Henderson Monster (1980)
Movie
Director
Death Penalty (1980)
Movie
Director
And Baby Makes Six (1979)
Movie
Director
Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978)
TV
Director
Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
Movie
Director
Armchair Thriller (1978)
TV
Director
Daphne Laureola (1978)
Movie
Director
Romance (UK) (1977)
TV
Director
Laurence Olivier Presents (1976)
TV
Director
Love Letters on Blue Paper (1976)
Movie
Director
The Glittering Prizes (1976)
TV
Director
Notorious Woman (1974)
TV
Director
Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)
TV
Director
Black and Blue (1973)
TV
Director
Divorce His, Divorce Hers (1973)
TV
Director
Hedda Gabler (1972)
Movie
Director
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
Movie
Director
The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)
Movie
Director
Melody (1971)
Movie
Director
Play for Today (1970)
TV
Director
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970)
Movie
Director
A Touch of Love (1969)
Movie
Director
Toggle (1968)
Movie
Director
The Connoisseur (1966)
Movie
Director
Macready's Gala (1966)
Movie
Director
A Man on Her Back (1966)
Movie
Director
A Passage to India (1965)
Movie
Director
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
TV
Director
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
TV
Director
Doctor Who: Marco Polo (1964)
Movie
Director
Doctor Who (1963)
TV
5.28
Director
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child (1963)
Movie
Corrigan Blake (1962)
TV
Director
Compact (1962)
TV
Director
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Director
Those She Left Behind
TV
Ratings
Average 5.39
Based on 87.7 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1951
1972
1982
1976
2023
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1938-12-09 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceLucknow, India
ReligionIslam
Height
MotherAttia Hosain
CitizenshipsBritish Raj, Dominion of India, India, United Kingdom
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
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