Directing
Waris Hussein
1938-12-09 · 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).
Known for
Doctor Who
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Mr. Nice
Melody
Doctor Who Confidential
The Possession of Joel Delaney
The Face on the Milk Carton
Great Performances
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
A Touch of Love
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
Her Best Friend's Husband
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Arch of Triumph
Movie credits · 65
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Waris Hussein in Conversation
Tales of Television Centre
Mr. Nice
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
Doctor Who: Origins
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Her Best Friend's Husband
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Sixth Happiness
A Child's Wish
The Face on the Milk Carton
Fall from Grace
Murder Between Friends
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
She Woke Up
Forbidden Nights
The Shell Seekers
Those She Left Behind
Cult People
Killer Instinct
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Downpayment on Murder
When the Bough Breaks
Maggie
Copacabana
Surviving
Arch of Triumph
The Winter of Our Discontent
Coming Out of the Ice
Callie & Son
Baby Comes Home
The Henderson Monster
Death Penalty
And Baby Makes Six
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
TV credits · 39
Remembers…
Doctor Who Confidential
Supply and Demand
Switched at Birth
Intimate Contact
Screen Two
Princess Daisy
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Armchair Thriller
The Sunday Drama
Romance
Laurence Olivier Presents
The Glittering Prizes
Notorious Woman
Shoulder to Shoulder
Black and Blue
Between the Wars
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
Great Performances
Play for Today
W. Somerset Maugham
ITV Playhouse
Boy Meets Girl
Thirteen Against Fate
BBC Play of the Month
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Newcomers
Londoners
The Wednesday Play
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling
Doctor Who
Festival
Moonstrike
Suspense
Corrigan Blake
Compact
Sunday-Night Play
Hallmark Hall of Fame
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