🎬 Director
Waris Hussein
🎂 Born 9 December 1938 (age 87)📍 Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
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Popularity Score
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Acting Credits
47
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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).
Known For
Directed Films(47)
★ 5.8
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
Director
★ 7.1
Melody
1971
Director
★ 6.8
Callie & Son
1981
Director
★ 5.2
Arch of Triumph
1984
Director
★ 6.0
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
Director
★ 5.6
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
Director
★ 6.6
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988
Director
★ 6.5
The Shell Seekers
1989
Director
★ 5.7
She Woke Up
1992
Director
★ 7.2
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
1964
Director
★ 4.0
Fall from Grace
1994
Director
★ 8.0
Death Penalty
1980
Director
★ 7.2
Copacabana
1985
Director
★ 5.0
Surviving
1985
Director
★ 6.6
A Touch of Love
1969
Director
★ 6.5
The Face on the Milk Carton
1995
Director
★ 7.5
Daphne Laureola
1978
Director
★ 6.3
A Child's Wish
1997
Director
★ 4.9
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970
Director
Maggie
1986
Director
★ 6.3
Forbidden Nights
1990
Director
★ 4.8
Sixth Happiness
1997
Director
★ 6.7
Those She Left Behind
1989
Director
The Devil a Monk Would Be
1967
Director
★ 6.2
Killer Instinct
1988
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Days in the Trees
1967
Director
Baby Comes Home
1980
Director
★ 6.4
When the Bough Breaks
1986
Director
★ 7.4
Coming Out of the Ice
1982
Director
★ 7.4
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
1963
Director
★ 6.3
Downpayment on Murder
1987
Director
★ 5.1
Her Best Friend's Husband
2002
Director
★ 10.0
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
Director
★ 10.0
And Baby Makes Six
1979
Director
★ 8.0
Love Letters on Blue Paper
1976
Director
★ 6.0
The Henderson Monster
1980
Director
★ 8.0
A Passage to India
1965
Director
★ 10.0
Murder Between Friends
1994
Director
★ 5.3
The Winter of Our Discontent
1983
Director
★ 7.0
Macready's Gala
1966
Director
★ 6.3
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
1993
Director
★ 7.0
A Man on Her Back
1966
Director
Death of a Teddy Bear
1967
Director
★ 10.0
The Connoisseur
1966
Director
★ 8.0
Chips with Everything
1975
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Sleeping Dog
1967
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Spoiled
1968
Director
Full Filmography(10 films)
YearTitleRating
2025Richard Burton: Wild Genius★ 7.52005Mrs. Henderson Presents★ 6.72010Mr. Nice★ 6.12006Doctor Who: Origins★ 8.52023Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals★ 4.71989Cult People★ 7.02008Verity Lambert: Drama Queen—2012Tales of Television Centre★ 8.02006Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS★ 8.02006Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'★ 7.0