Waris Hussein

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Directing

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)
• Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals (2023)
• Waris Hussein in Conversation (2023)
• Tales of Television Centre (2012)
• Mr. Nice (2010)
• Verity Lambert: Drama Queen (2008)
• Doctor Who: Origins (2006)
• Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction' (2006)
• Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS (2006)
• Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
• Her Best Friend's Husband (2002)
• Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story (1998)
• Sixth Happiness (1997)
• A Child's Wish (1997)
• The Face on the Milk Carton (1995)
• Fall from Grace (1994)
• Murder Between Friends (1994)
• The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993)
• For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story (1993)
• She Woke Up (1992)
• Forbidden Nights (1990)
• The Shell Seekers (1989)
• Those She Left Behind (1989)
• Cult People (1989)
• Killer Instinct (1988)
• Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988)
• Downpayment on Murder (1987)
• When the Bough Breaks (1986)
• Maggie (1986)
• Copacabana (1985)
• Surviving (1985)
• Arch of Triumph (1984)
• The Winter of Our Discontent (1983)
• Coming Out of the Ice (1982)
• Callie & Son (1981)
• Baby Comes Home (1980)
• The Henderson Monster (1980)
• Death Penalty (1980)
• And Baby Makes Six (1979)
• Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
• Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger (1978)
• Daphne Laureola (1978)
• Romance: Three Weeks (1977)
• Love Letters on Blue Paper (1976)
• Chips with Everything (1975)
• Rust (1973)
• Hedda Gabler (1972)
• Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
• The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)
• Melody (1971)
• Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970)
• A Touch of Love (1969)
• Spoiled (1968)
• Toggle (1968)
• The Devil a Monk Would Be (1967)
• Sleeping Dog (1967)
• Days in the Trees (1967)
• Death of a Teddy Bear (1967)
• The Connoisseur (1966)
• Ella (1966)
• Macready's Gala (1966)
• A Man on Her Back (1966)
• A Passage to India (1965)
• Doctor Who: Marco Polo (1964)
• Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child (1963)