Waris Hussein
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Dec 9, 1938 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2025 | Doctor Who: Gallifrey | |
| 2025 | Richard Burton: Wild GeniusSelf | |
| 2023 | Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & ScandalsSelf | |
| 2022 | Remembers…Self | |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: GallifreyRyoth | |
| 2012 | Tales of Television CentreSelf | |
| 2010 | Mr. NiceMohammed Durrani | |
| 2008 | Verity Lambert: Drama Queen | |
| 2006 | Doctor Who: OriginsSelf | |
| 2006 | Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'Self | |
| 2006 | Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDISSelf | |
| 2005 | Mrs. Henderson PresentsMaharajah | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who Confidential | |
| 1989 | Cult Peoplehimself | |
| 1962 | Corrigan Blake |
| 2002 | Her Best Friend's HusbandCo-Executive Producer |
| 2002 | Her Best Friend's HusbandDirector | |
| 1998 | Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman StoryDirector | |
| 1997 | A Child's WishDirector | |
| 1997 | Sixth HappinessDirector | |
| 1995 | The Face on the Milk CartonDirector | |
| 1994 | Murder Between FriendsDirector | |
| 1994 | Fall from GraceDirector | |
| 1993 | The Clothes in the WardrobeDirector | |
| 1993 | For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala StoryDirector | |
| 1992 | She Woke UpDirector | |
| 1991 | Switched at BirthDirector | |
| 1990 | Forbidden NightsDirector | |
| 1989 | The Shell SeekersDirector | |
| 1989 | Those She Left BehindDirector | |
| 1988 | Onassis: The Richest Man in the WorldDirector | |
| 1988 | Killer InstinctDirector | |
| 1987 | Downpayment on MurderDirector | |
| 1987 | Intimate ContactDirector | |
| 1986 | When the Bough BreaksDirector | |
| 1985 | CopacabanaDirector | |
| 1985 | SurvivingDirector | |
| 1984 | Arch of TriumphDirector | |
| 1983 | The Winter of Our DiscontentDirector | |
| 1983 | Princess DaisyDirector | |
| 1982 | Coming Out of the IceDirector | |
| 1982 | Little Gloria... Happy at LastDirector | |
| 1981 | Callie & SonDirector | |
| 1980 | Death PenaltyDirector | |
| 1980 | The Henderson MonsterDirector | |
| 1980 | Baby Comes HomeDirector | |
| 1979 | And Baby Makes SixDirector | |
| 1978 | Edward & Mrs. SimpsonDirector | |
| 1978 | Daphne LaureolaDirector | |
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller – Rachel in DangerDirector | |
| 1978 | Armchair ThrillerDirector | |
| 1978 | Edward and Mrs SimpsonDirector | |
| 1977 | RomanceDirector | |
| 1976 | Love Letters on Blue PaperDirector | |
| 1976 | Laurence Olivier PresentsDirector | |
| 1976 | The Glittering PrizesDirector | |
| 1975 | Chips with EverythingDirector | |
| 1974 | Notorious WomanDirector | |
| 1974 | Shoulder to ShoulderDirector | |
| 1973 | RustDirector | |
| 1973 | Black and BlueDirector | |
| 1973 | Divorce His, Divorce HersDirector | |
| 1972 | The Possession of Joel DelaneyDirector | |
| 1972 | Henry VIII and His Six WivesDirector | |
| 1972 | Hedda GablerDirector | |
| 1971 | MelodyDirector | |
| 1970 | Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the BronxDirector | |
| 1970 | Play for TodayDirector | |
| 1969 | A Touch of LoveDirector | |
| 1968 | ToggleDirector | |
| 1966 | Macready's GalaDirector | |
| 1966 | The ConnoisseurDirector | |
| 1966 | A Man on Her BackDirector | |
| 1966 | EllaDirector | |
| 1965 | A Passage to IndiaDirector | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthDirector | |
| 1965 | LondonersDirector | |
| 1964 | Doctor Who: Marco PoloDirector | |
| 1963 | Doctor Who: An Unearthly ChildDirector | |
| 1963 | Doctor WhoDirector | |
| 1962 | CompactDirector | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameDirector |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthTeleplay |