Personal Info
Birthday
December 9, 1938
Place of Birth
Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
Known For
Directing
Waris Hussein
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).
Directed Movies (73)
5.1
Her Best Friend's Husband
Movie2002
No Backdrop
10.0
Supply and Demand
TV Series1998
4.8
Sixth Happiness
Movie1997
6.3
A Child's Wish
Movie1997
6.5
The Face on the Milk Carton
Movie1995
4.0
Fall from Grace
Movie1994
No Backdrop
10.0
Murder Between Friends
Movie1994
6.0
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Movie1993
6.3
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
Movie1993
5.7
She Woke Up
Movie1992
No Backdrop
7.0
Switched at Birth
TV Series1991
No Backdrop
6.3
Forbidden Nights
Movie1990
6.5
The Shell Seekers
Movie1989
No Backdrop
6.7
Those She Left Behind
Movie1989
6.2
Killer Instinct
Movie1988
6.6
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Movie1988
No Backdrop
4.3
Intimate Contact
TV Series1987
6.3
Downpayment on Murder
Movie1987
No Backdrop
6.4
When the Bough Breaks
Movie1986
No Backdrop
0.0
Maggie
Movie1986
7.2
Copacabana
Movie1985
5.0
Surviving
Movie1985
7.1
Screen Two
TV Series1985
5.2
Arch of Triumph
Movie1984
No Backdrop
5.3
The Winter of Our Discontent
Movie1983
7.4
Princess Daisy
TV Series1983
7.4
Coming Out of the Ice
Movie1982
5.8
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
TV Series1982
6.8
Callie & Son
Movie1981
No Backdrop
0.0
Baby Comes Home
Movie1980
No Backdrop
6.0
The Henderson Monster
Movie1980
No Backdrop
8.0
Death Penalty
Movie1980
No Backdrop
10.0
And Baby Makes Six
Movie1979
6.8
Edward and Mrs Simpson
TV Series1978
10.0
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Movie1978
No Backdrop
4.2
Armchair Thriller
TV Series1978
No Backdrop
7.5
Daphne Laureola
Movie1978
No Backdrop
7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
TV Series1976
No Backdrop
8.0
Love Letters on Blue Paper
Movie1976
7.3
The Glittering Prizes
TV Series1976
No Backdrop
8.0
Chips with Everything
Movie1975
No Backdrop
6.5
Notorious Woman
TV Series1974
6.5
Shoulder to Shoulder
TV Series1974
6.7
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
TV Series1973
5.8
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Movie1972
5.6
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Movie1972
7.1
Melody
Movie1971
6.1
Great Performances
TV Series1971
6.6
Play for Today
TV Series1970
4.9
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Movie1970
6.6
A Touch of Love
Movie1969
No Backdrop
0.0
Spoiled
Movie1968
No Backdrop
0.0
The Devil a Monk Would Be
Movie1967
No Backdrop
0.0
Sleeping Dog
Movie1967
7.0
ITV Playhouse
TV Series1967
No Backdrop
0.0
Boy Meets Girl
TV Series1967
No Backdrop
0.0
Days in the Trees
Movie1967
No Backdrop
0.0
Death of a Teddy Bear
Movie1967
No Backdrop
10.0
Thirteen Against Fate
TV Series1966
No Backdrop
10.0
The Connoisseur
Movie1966
No Backdrop
7.0
Macready's Gala
Movie1966
No Backdrop
7.0
A Man on Her Back
Movie1966
No Backdrop
8.0
A Passage to India
Movie1965
5.3
BBC Play of the Month
TV Series1965
No Backdrop
4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV Series1965
No Backdrop
0.0
Londoners
TV Series1965
No Backdrop
5.2
The Wednesday Play
TV Series1964
7.2
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
Movie1964
7.3
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Movie1963
7.9
Doctor Who
TV Series1963
No Backdrop
6.7
Suspense
TV Series1962
No Backdrop
5.0
Compact
TV Series1962
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV Series1951
Acting Filmography (12)
7.5
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Movie2025
4.7
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Movie2023
7.0
Remembers…
TV Series2022
8.0
Tales of Television Centre
Movie2012
6.1
Mr. Nice
Movie2010
0.0
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
Movie2008
8.5
Doctor Who: Origins
Movie2006
7.0
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
Movie2006
8.0
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
Movie2006
6.7
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Movie2005
8.1
Doctor Who Confidential
TV Series2005
No Backdrop
7.0
Cult People
Movie1989