Waris Hussein
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 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).
Movies with Waris Hussein
- Mrs. Henderson Presents 2005 · ★ 6.7
- Mr. Nice 2010 · ★ 6.1
- Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals 2023 · ★ 4.7
- Richard Burton: Wild Genius 2025 · ★ 7.5
- Cult People 1989 · ★ 7.0
- Tales of Television Centre 2012 · ★ 8.0
- Doctor Who: Origins 2006 · ★ 8.5
- Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction' 2006 · ★ 7.0
- Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS 2006 · ★ 8.0
- Verity Lambert: Drama Queen 2008
- Waris Hussein in Conversation 2023
Movies directed by Waris Hussein
- Melody 1971 · ★ 7.0
- The Possession of Joel Delaney 1972 · ★ 5.6
- The Face on the Milk Carton 1995 · ★ 6.5
- Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child 1963 · ★ 7.3
- Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 · ★ 5.8
- Onassis: The Richest Man in the World 1988 · ★ 6.6
- A Touch of Love 1969 · ★ 6.6
- Doctor Who: Marco Polo 1964 · ★ 7.4
- Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx 1970 · ★ 5.1
- Her Best Friend's Husband 2002 · ★ 5.1
- Arch of Triumph 1984 · ★ 5.2
- Callie & Son 1981 · ★ 6.7
- The Clothes in the Wardrobe 1993 · ★ 6.0
- The Shell Seekers 1989 · ★ 6.5
- Coming Out of the Ice 1982 · ★ 6.8
- Surviving 1985 · ★ 5.0
- A Child's Wish 1997 · ★ 6.3
- Copacabana 1985 · ★ 7.2
- Killer Instinct 1988 · ★ 6.2
- When the Bough Breaks 1986 · ★ 6.4
- Sixth Happiness 1998 · ★ 4.8
- Forbidden Nights 1990 · ★ 6.2
- Downpayment on Murder 1987 · ★ 6.2
- She Woke Up 1992 · ★ 5.7
- Those She Left Behind 1989 · ★ 6.7
- The Winter of Our Discontent 1983 · ★ 5.3
- For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story 1993 · ★ 6.3
- Fall from Grace 1994 · ★ 5.3
- The Henderson Monster 1980 · ★ 6.0
- Daphne Laureola 1978 · ★ 7.5
- Death Penalty 1980 · ★ 8.0
- Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story 1998 · ★ 8.0
- Edward & Mrs. Simpson 1978 · ★ 10.0
- Murder Between Friends 1994 · ★ 10.0
- A Passage to India 1965 · ★ 8.0
- Hedda Gabler 1972 · ★ 8.0
- Macready's Gala 1966 · ★ 7.0
- The Connoisseur 1966 · ★ 10.0
- A Man on Her Back 1966 · ★ 7.0
- Toggle 1968 · ★ 10.0