Waris Hussein
Directing · Born 1938-12-09 · age 87 · 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).
Titles
Doctor Who
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Mr. Nice
Melody
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Doctor Who Confidential
The Face on the Milk Carton
Great Performances
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
A Touch of Love
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
Her Best Friend's Husband
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Arch of Triumph
Play for Today
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Callie & Son
The Shell Seekers
Hallmark Hall of Fame
BBC Play of the Month
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Coming Out of the Ice
Surviving
Princess Daisy
Screen Two
A Child's Wish
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Copacabana
Killer Instinct
When the Bough Breaks
Armchair Thriller
The Wednesday Play
Forbidden Nights
Sixth Happiness
Downpayment on Murder
She Woke Up
Those She Left Behind
The Winter of Our Discontent
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
Compact
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
Intimate Contact
ITV Playhouse
Suspense
The Glittering Prizes
The Henderson Monster
Daphne Laureola
Fall from Grace
Black and Blue
Notorious Woman
Shoulder to Shoulder
The Newcomers
Death Penalty
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Murder Between Friends
A Passage to India