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
Melody
(1971)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
(1963)
Director
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
(1964)
Director
A Passage to India
(1965)
Director
Macready's Gala
(1966)
Director
The Connoisseur
(1966)
Director
A Man on Her Back
(1966)
Director
Toggle
(1968)
Director
A Touch of Love
(1969)
Director
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
(1970)
Director
Melody
(1971)
Director
The Possession of Joel Delaney
(1972)
Director
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
(1972)
Director
Hedda Gabler
(1972)
Director
Rust
(1973)
Director
Love Letters on Blue Paper
(1976)
Director
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
(1978)
Director
Daphne Laureola
(1978)
Director
And Baby Makes Six
(1979)
Director
The Henderson Monster
(1980)
Director
Baby Comes Home
(1980)
Director
Death Penalty
(1980)
Director
Callie & Son
(1981)
Director
Coming Out of the Ice
(1982)
Director
The Winter of Our Discontent
(1983)
Director
Copacabana
(1985)
Director
Arch of Triumph
(1985)
Director
Surviving
(1985)
Director
When the Bough Breaks
(1986)
Director
Downpayment on Murder
(1987)
Director
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
(1988)
Director
Killer Instinct
(1988)
Director
The Shell Seekers
(1989)
Director
Those She Left Behind
(1989)
Director
Forbidden Nights
(1990)
Director
Switched at Birth
(1991)
Director
She Woke Up
(1992)
Director
The Summer House
(1993)
Director
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
(1993)
Director
Murder Between Friends
(1994)
Director
Fall from Grace
(1994)
Director
The Face on the Milk Carton
(1995)
Director
A Child's Wish
(1997)
Director
Sixth Happiness
(1997)
Director
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
(1998)
Director
Her Best Friend's Husband
(2002)
Director
Acting
Cult People
(1989)
himself
Mrs. Henderson Presents
(2005)
Maharajah
Doctor Who: Origins
(2006)
Self
Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction"
(2006)
Self
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
(2006)
Self
Mr. Nice
(2010)
Mohammed Durrani
Tales of Television Centre
(2012)
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
(2023)
Self
Production