Waris Hussein

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Waris Hussein

Directing 87 December 9, 1938

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 dr…

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.9 1963 TV Show
Great Performances

Great Performances

6.1 1971 TV Show
Play for Today

Play for Today

6.6 1970 TV Show
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

5.2 1965 TV Show
Compact

Compact

5.0 1962 TV Show
Screen Two

Screen Two

7.1 1985 TV Show
Mrs. Henderson Presents

Mrs. Henderson Presents

6.7 2005 Movie
The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

5.2 1964 TV Show
ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

7.0 1967 TV Show
Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

4.3 1965 TV Show
Mr. Nice

Mr. Nice

6.1 2010 Movie
Doctor Who Confidential

Doctor Who Confidential

8.2 2005 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Richard Burton: Wild Genius

    Movie Self

  2. 2023
    Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals

    Movie Self

  3. 2022
    Remembers…

    TV show Self

  4. 2012
    Tales of Television Centre

    Movie Self

  5. 2010
    Mr. Nice

    Movie Mohammed Durrani

  6. 2008
    Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

    Movie

  7. 2006
    Doctor Who: Origins

    Movie Self

  8. 2006
    Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS

    Movie Self

  9. 2006
    Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'

    Movie Self

  10. 2005
    Mrs. Henderson Presents

    Movie Maharajah

  11. 2005
    Doctor Who Confidential

    TV show

  12. 2002
    Her Best Friend's Husband

    Movie Director

  13. 1998
    Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story

    Movie Director

  14. 1998
    Supply and Demand

    TV show Director

  15. 1997
    Sixth Happiness

    Movie Director

  16. 1997
    A Child's Wish

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1995
    The Face on the Milk Carton

    Movie Director

  2. 1994
    Fall from Grace

    Movie Director

  3. 1994
    Murder Between Friends

    Movie Director

  4. 1993
    The Clothes in the Wardrobe

    Movie Director

  5. 1993
    For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story

    Movie Director

  6. 1992
    She Woke Up

    Movie Director

  7. 1991
    Switched at Birth

    TV show Director

  8. 1990
    Forbidden Nights

    Movie Director

  9. 1989
    The Shell Seekers

    Movie Director

  10. 1989
    Those She Left Behind

    Movie Director

  11. 1989
    Cult People

    Movie himself

  12. 1988
    Killer Instinct

    Movie Director

  13. 1988
    Onassis: The Richest Man in the World

    Movie Director

  14. 1987
    Intimate Contact

    TV show Director

  15. 1987
    Downpayment on Murder

    Movie Director

  16. 1986
    When the Bough Breaks

    Movie Director

  17. 1986
    Maggie

    Movie Director

  18. 1985
    Copacabana

    Movie Director

  19. 1985
    Surviving

    Movie Director

  20. 1985
    Screen Two

    TV show Director

  21. 1984
    Arch of Triumph

    Movie Director

  22. 1983
    The Winter of Our Discontent

    Movie Director

  23. 1983
    Princess Daisy

    TV show Director

  24. 1982
    Coming Out of the Ice

    Movie Director