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Waris Hussein

Waris Hussein

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

09/12/1938

Age

87 years old

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 ... Read More

Known For

Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals

Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals

Tales of Television Centre

Tales of Television Centre

Mr. Nice

Mr. Nice

Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

Doctor Who: Origins

Doctor Who: Origins

Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction"

Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction"

Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS

Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS

Mrs. Henderson Presents

Mrs. Henderson Presents

Filmography

Crew

2025

Doctor Who: The Eight Doctors

as Director

2002

Her Best Friend's Husband

as Director

2002

Her Best Friend's Husband

as Co-Executive Producer

1998

Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman S...

as Director

1997

Sixth Happiness

as Director

1997

A Child's Wish

as Director

1995

The Face on the Milk Carton

as Director

1994

Fall from Grace

as Director

1994

Murder Between Friends

as Director

1993

The Clothes in the Wardrobe

as Director

1993

For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Aya...

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

Those She Left Behind

as Director

1988

Killer Instinct

as Director

1988

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World

as Director

1987

Downpayment on Murder

as Director

1986

When the Bough Breaks

as Director

1985

Copacabana

as Director

1985

Surviving

as Director

1984

Arch of Triumph

as Director

1983

The Winter of Our Discontent

as Director

1982

Coming Out of the Ice

as Director

1981

Callie & Son

as Director

1980

Baby Comes Home

as Director

1980

The Henderson Monster

as Director

1980

Death Penalty

as Director

1979

And Baby Makes Six

as Director

1978

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

as Director

1978

Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger

as Director

1978

Daphne Laureola

as Director

1976

Love Letters on Blue Paper

as Director

1975

Chips with Everything

as Director

1973

Rust

as Director

1972

Hedda Gabler

as Director

1972

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

as Director

1972

The Possession of Joel Delaney

as Director

1971

Melody

as Director

1970

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bro...

as Director

1969

A Touch of Love

as Director

1968

Toggle

as Director

1966

The Connoisseur

as Director

1966

Macready's Gala

as Director

1966

A Man on Her Back

as Director

1965

A Passage to India

as Director

1964

Doctor Who: Marco Polo

as Director

1963

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

as Director