Waris Hussein
Directing
1938-12-09 · Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
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
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025 · Movie
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023 · Movie
Waris Hussein in Conversation
2023 · Movie
Remembers…
2022 · Series
Tales of Television Centre
2012 · Movie
Mr. Nice
2010 · Movie
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008 · Movie
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
2006 · Movie
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
2006 · Movie
Doctor Who: Origins
2006 · Movie
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005 · Movie
Doctor Who Confidential
2005 · Series
Her Best Friend's Husband
2002 · Movie
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
1998 · Movie
Sixth Happiness
1998 · Movie
Supply and Demand
1998 · Series
A Child's Wish
1997 · Movie
The Face on the Milk Carton
1995 · Movie
Fall from Grace
1994 · Movie
Murder Between Friends
1994 · Movie
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993 · Movie
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
1993 · Movie
She Woke Up
1992 · Movie
Switched at Birth
1991 · Series
Forbidden Nights
1990 · Movie
The Shell Seekers
1989 · Movie
Those She Left Behind
1989 · Movie
Cult People
1989 · Movie
Killer Instinct
1988 · Movie
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988 · Movie
Intimate Contact
1987 · Series
Downpayment on Murder
1987 · Movie
When the Bough Breaks
1986 · Movie
Maggie
1986 · Movie
Copacabana
1985 · Movie
Surviving
1985 · Movie
Screen Two
1985 · Series
Arch of Triumph
1984 · Movie
The Winter of Our Discontent
1983 · Movie
Princess Daisy
1983 · Series
Coming Out of the Ice
1982 · Movie
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982 · Series
Callie & Son
1981 · Movie
Baby Comes Home
1980 · Movie
The Henderson Monster
1980 · Movie
Death Penalty
1980 · Movie
And Baby Makes Six
1979 · Movie
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978 · Series
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978 · Movie
Armchair Thriller
1978 · Series
Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger
1978 · Movie
Daphne Laureola
1978 · Movie
The Sunday Drama
1977 · Series
Romance: Three Weeks
1977 · Movie
Romance
1977 · Series
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976 · Series
Love Letters on Blue Paper
1976 · Movie
The Glittering Prizes
1976 · Series
Chips with Everything
1975 · Movie
Notorious Woman
1974 · Series
Shoulder to Shoulder
1974 · Series
Rust
1973 · Movie
Black and Blue
1973 · Series
Between the Wars
1973 · Series
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
1973 · Series
Hedda Gabler
1972 · Movie
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972 · Movie
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972 · Movie
Melody
1971 · Movie
Great Performances
1971 · Series
Play for Today
1970 · Series
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970 · Movie
A Touch of Love
1969 · Movie
W. Somerset Maugham
1969 · Series
Spoiled
1968 · Movie
Toggle
1968 · Movie
The Devil a Monk Would Be
1967 · Movie
Sleeping Dog
1967 · Movie
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Series
Boy Meets Girl
1967 · Series
Days in the Trees
1967 · Movie
Death of a Teddy Bear
1967 · Movie
Thirteen Against Fate
1966 · Series
The Connoisseur
1966 · Movie
Ella
1966 · Movie
Macready's Gala
1966 · Movie
A Man on Her Back
1966 · Movie
A Passage to India
1965 · Movie
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Series
The Newcomers
1965 · Series
Londoners
1965 · Series
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Series
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling
1964 · Series
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
1964 · Movie
Doctor Who
1963 · Series
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
1963 · Movie
Festival
1963 · Series
Moonstrike
1963 · Series
Suspense
1962 · Series
Corrigan Blake
1962 · Series
Compact
1962 · Series
Sunday-Night Play
1960 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series