Waris Hussein

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-12-09 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Lucknow, United Provinces, British India

Waris Hussein

Biography

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).

Production

1980

Death Penalty

as Director

1985

Copacabana

as Director

1981

Callie & Son

as Director

1971

Melody

as Director

1991

1969

A Touch of Love

as Director

1989

1982

1980

1990

Forbidden Nights

as Director

1978

1994

1980

Baby Comes Home

as Director

2002

Her Best Friend's Husband

as Co-Executive Producer

1992

She Woke Up

as Director

1997

A Child's Wish

as Director

1984

Arch of Triumph

as Director

1985

Surviving

as Director

1988

Killer Instinct

as Director

1989

1965

1972

Hedda Gabler

as Director

1986

1964

1978

Daphne Laureola

as Director

1997

Sixth Happiness

as Director

1966

Macready's Gala

as Director

1966

The Connoisseur

as Director

1966

1973

Rust

as Director

1968

Toggle

as Director

1994

Fall from Grace

as Director

1979

1987

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