Personal Info
Known ForDirecting
Born1938-12-09
BirthplaceLucknow, United Provinces, British India
Waris Hussein
Directing
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).
Filmography
Acting (11)
2025
Richard Burton: Wild Geniusas Self
7.5
2023
4.7
2023
2012
Tales of Television Centreas Self
8.0
2010
Mr. Niceas Mohammed Durrani
6.1
2006
Doctor Who: Originsas Self
8.5
7.0
8.0
2005
Mrs. Henderson Presentsas Maharajah
6.7
1989
Cult Peopleas himself
7.0
Production & Directing (57)
2002
Her Best Friend's HusbandDirector
5.1
2002
Her Best Friend's HusbandCo-Executive Producer
5.1
1998
8.0
1997
Sixth HappinessDirector
4.8
1997
A Child's WishDirector
6.3
1995
The Face on the Milk CartonDirector
6.5
1994
Fall from GraceDirector
5.3
1994
Murder Between FriendsDirector
10.0
1993
The Clothes in the WardrobeDirector
6.0
1993
6.3
1992
She Woke UpDirector
5.7
1990
Forbidden NightsDirector
6.3
1989
The Shell SeekersDirector
6.5
1989
Those She Left BehindDirector
6.7
1988
Killer InstinctDirector
6.2
1988
6.6
1987
Downpayment on MurderDirector
6.3
1986
When the Bough BreaksDirector
6.4
1986
MaggieDirector
1985
CopacabanaDirector
7.2
1985
SurvivingDirector
5.0
1984
Arch of TriumphDirector
5.2
1983
The Winter of Our DiscontentDirector
5.3
1982
Coming Out of the IceDirector
6.8
1981
Callie & SonDirector
6.7
1980
Baby Comes HomeDirector
1980
The Henderson MonsterDirector
6.0
1980
Death PenaltyDirector
8.0
1979
And Baby Makes SixDirector
10.0
1978
Edward & Mrs. SimpsonDirector
10.0
1978
1978
Daphne LaureolaDirector
7.5
1977
Romance: Three WeeksDirector
1976
Love Letters on Blue PaperDirector
8.0
1975
Chips with EverythingDirector
8.0
1973
RustDirector
1973
Divorce His - Divorce HersDirector
1972
Hedda GablerDirector
8.0
1972
Henry VIII and His Six WivesDirector
5.8
1972
The Possession of Joel DelaneyDirector
5.6
1971
MelodyDirector
7.0
1970
5.1
1969
A Touch of LoveDirector
6.6
1968
SpoiledDirector
1968
ToggleDirector
10.0
1967
The Devil a Monk Would BeDirector
1967
Sleeping DogDirector
1967
Days in the TreesDirector
1967
Days in the TreesScreenplay
1967
Death of a Teddy BearDirector
1966
The ConnoisseurDirector
10.0
1966
EllaDirector
9.0
1966
Macready's GalaDirector
7.0
1966
A Man on Her BackDirector
7.0
1965
A Passage to IndiaDirector
8.0
1964
Doctor Who: Marco PoloDirector
7.4
1963
Doctor Who: An Unearthly ChildDirector
7.3