Waris Hussein
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).
Appearances
7.0
Cult People
himself
6.7
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Maharajah
6.1
Mr. Nice
Mohammed Durrani
4.7
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Self
8.0
Tales of Television Centre
Self
8.5
Doctor Who: Origins
Self
7.0
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
Self
8.0
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
Self
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
7.0
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
Ryoth
7.5
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Self
8.1
Doctor Who Confidential
Corrigan Blake
Corrigan Blake
Remembers…
Self
Crew
7.9
Doctor Who
Director
7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
Director
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Director
4.2
Armchair Thriller
Director
6.8
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Director
5.0
Compact
Director
6.6
Play for Today
Director
Black and Blue
6.5
Black and Blue
Director
6.5
Notorious Woman
Director
5.8
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Director
7.0
ITV Playhouse
Director
5.3
BBC Play of the Month
Director, Teleplay
6.5
Shoulder to Shoulder
Director
Romance
Romance
Director
5.6
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Director
7.3
The Glittering Prizes
Director
7.4
Princess Daisy
Director
7.2
Copacabana
Director
7.1
Melody
Director
4.8
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Director
6.8
Callie & Son
Director
5.8
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Director
6.7
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
Director
6.5
The Face on the Milk Carton
Director
4.3
Intimate Contact
Director
6.6
A Touch of Love
Director
6.6
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Director
6.0
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Director
5.2
Arch of Triumph
Director
7.4
Coming Out of the Ice
Director
6.5
The Shell Seekers
Director
5.7
She Woke Up
Director
6.0
The Henderson Monster
Director
5.0
Surviving
Director
6.4
When the Bough Breaks
Director
6.3
Forbidden Nights
Director
4.8
Sixth Happiness
Director
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
8.0
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Director
10.0
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Director
10.0
Murder Between Friends
Director
Baby Comes Home
Director
Londoners
Director
5.1
Her Best Friend's Husband
Director, Co-Executive Producer
7.0
Switched at Birth
Director
The Sunday Drama
5.0
The Sunday Drama
Director
6.3
A Child's Wish
Director
6.2
Killer Instinct
Director
6.7
Those She Left Behind
Director
5.3
The Winter of Our Discontent
Director
4.0
Fall from Grace
Director
6.3
Downpayment on Murder
Director
10.0
And Baby Makes Six
Director
Hedda Gabler
8.0
Hedda Gabler
Director
7.4
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Director
7.2
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
Director
7.5
Daphne Laureola
Director
6.3
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
Director
8.0
Love Letters on Blue Paper
Director
8.0
Death Penalty
Director
7.0
Macready's Gala
Director
10.0
The Connoisseur
Director
7.0
A Man on Her Back
Director
Toggle
10.0
Toggle
Director
8.0
A Passage to India
Director
Rust
Rust
Director
Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger
Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger
Director
8.0
Chips with Everything
Director
Ella
9.0
Ella
Director
Death of a Teddy Bear
Director
Days in the Trees
Director, Screenplay
Sleeping Dog
Director
The Devil a Monk Would Be
Director
Spoiled
Director
Romance: Three Weeks
Romance: Three Weeks
Director