WARIS HUSSEIN

Waris Hussein
Waris Hussein
Gender: Male
Known for: Directing
Birthday: December 9, 1938
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).

Notable work

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Filmography

Production

2002·
Her Best Friend's Husband
Co-Executive Producer, Director
1998·
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Director
1997·
Sixth Happiness
Director
1997·
A Child's Wish
Director
1995·
The Face on the Milk Carton
Director
1994·
Fall from Grace
Director
1994·
Murder Between Friends
Director
1993·
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
Director
1993·
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Director
1992·
She Woke Up
Director
1991·
Switched at Birth
Director
1990·
Forbidden Nights
Director
1989·
Those She Left Behind
Director
1989·
The Shell Seekers
Director
1988·
Killer Instinct
Director
1988·
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Director
1987·
Intimate Contact
Director
1987·
Downpayment on Murder
Director
1986·
When the Bough Breaks
Director
1985·
Surviving
Director
1985·
Copacabana
Director
1984·
Arch of Triumph
Director
1983·
Princess Daisy
Director
1983·
The Winter of Our Discontent
Director
1982·
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Director
1982·
Coming Out of the Ice
Director
1981·
Callie & Son
Director
1980·
Baby Comes Home
Director
1980·
The Henderson Monster
Director
1980·
Death Penalty
Director
1979·
And Baby Makes Six
Director
1978·
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Director
1978·
Armchair Thriller
Director
1978·
Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger
Director
1978·
Daphne Laureola
Director
1978·
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Director
1977·
Romance
Director
1976·
The Glittering Prizes
Director
1976·
Laurence Olivier Presents
Director
1976·
Love Letters on Blue Paper
Director
1975·
Chips with Everything
Director
1974·
Shoulder to Shoulder
Director
1974·
Notorious Woman
Director
1973·
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
Director
1973·
Black and Blue
Director
1973·
Rust
Director
1972·
Hedda Gabler
Director
1972·
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Director
1972·
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Director
1971·
Melody
Director
1970·
Play for Today
Director
1970·
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Director
1969·
A Touch of Love
Director
1968·
Toggle
Director
1966·
Ella
Director
1966·
A Man on Her Back
Director
1966·
The Connoisseur
Director
1966·
Macready's Gala
Director
1965·
Londoners
Director
1965·
BBC Play of the Month
Teleplay, Director
1965·
A Passage to India
Director
1964·
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
Director
1963·
Doctor Who
Director
1963·
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Director
1962·
Compact
Director
1951·
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Director