Waris Hussein

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1938-12-09 (85 years old)

Place of Birth Lucknow, United Provinces, British India

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).

Known For

Director

1997
A Child's Wish

as Director

1997
Sixth Happiness

as Director

1994
1994
Fall from Grace

as Director

1993
The Summer House

as Director

1992
She Woke Up

as Director

1991
Switched at Birth

as Director

1990
Forbidden Nights

as Director

1989
The Shell Seekers

as Director

1989
1988
Killer Instinct

as Director

1987
1987
Intimate Contact

as Director

1986
1985
Copacabana

as Director

1985
Surviving

as Director

1984
Arch of Triumph

as Director

1983
Princess Daisy

as Director

1982
1981
Callie & Son

as Director

1980
Death Penalty

as Director

1980
1980
Baby Comes Home

as Director

1979
And Baby Makes Six

as Director

1978
1978
Daphne Laureola

as Director

1978
Armchair Thriller

as Director

1978
1977
Romance (UK)

as Director

1976
1974
Notorious Woman

as Director

1974
1973
Rust

as Director

1973
Black and Blue

as Director

1972
Hedda Gabler

as Director

1971
Melody

as Director

1970
Play for Today

as Director

1969
A Touch of Love

as Director

1968
Toggle

as Director

1966
Macready's Gala

as Director

1966
The Connoisseur

as Director

1966
A Man on Her Back

as Director

1965
A Passage to India

as Director

1965
1964
1963
Doctor Who

as Director

1962
Compact

as Director

1951

Producer

2002
Her Best Friend's Husband

as Co-Executive Producer