Waris Hussein

Director · Born December 9, 1938 · Lucknow, United Provinces, British India

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).

Directed 73

2000s

2002
Her Best Friend's Husband
Director

1990s

1998
Sixth Happiness
Director
Supply and Demand
Director
1997
A Child's Wish
Director
1995
The Face on the Milk Carton
Director
1994
Fall from Grace
Director
Murder Between Friends
Director
1993
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Director
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
Director
1992
She Woke Up
Director
1991
Switched at Birth
Director
1990
Forbidden Nights
Director

1980s

1989
The Shell Seekers
Director
Those She Left Behind
Director
1988
Killer Instinct
Director
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Director
1987
Intimate Contact
Director
Downpayment on Murder
Director
1986
When the Bough Breaks
Director
Maggie
Director
1985
Copacabana
Director
Surviving
Director
Screen Two
Director
1984
Arch of Triumph
Director
54
1983
The Winter of Our Discontent
Director
Princess Daisy
Director
1982
Coming Out of the Ice
Director
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Director
1981
Callie & Son
Director
1980
Baby Comes Home
Director
The Henderson Monster
Director
Death Penalty
Director

1970s

1979
And Baby Makes Six
Director
1978
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Director
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Director
Armchair Thriller
Director
Daphne Laureola
Director
1976
Laurence Olivier Presents
Director
Love Letters on Blue Paper
Director
The Glittering Prizes
Director
1975
Chips with Everything
Director
1974
Notorious Woman
Director
Shoulder to Shoulder
Director
1973
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
Director
1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Director
65
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Director
1971
Melody
Director
Great Performances
Director
74
1970
Play for Today
Director
73
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Director

1960s

1969
A Touch of Love
Director
1968
Spoiled
Director
1967
The Devil a Monk Would Be
Director
Sleeping Dog
Director
ITV Playhouse
Director
Boy Meets Girl
Director
Days in the Trees
Director
Death of a Teddy Bear
Director
1966
Thirteen Against Fate
Director
The Connoisseur
Director
Macready's Gala
Director
A Man on Her Back
Director
1965
A Passage to India
Director
BBC Play of the Month
Director
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Director
Londoners
Director
1964
The Wednesday Play
Director
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
Director
1963
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Director
Doctor Who
Director
83
1962
Suspense
Director
Compact
Director

1950s

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Director

Acted in 4

2010s

2010
Mr. Nice
Mohammed Durrani
60

2000s

2008
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
Movie
2005
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Maharajah
70
Doctor Who Confidential
TV · 6 Seasons · Documentary
80

Wrote 3

1960s

1967
Days in the Trees
Screenplay
1965
BBC Play of the Month
Teleplay
1964
The Wednesday Play
Writer

Produced 1

2000s

2002
Her Best Friend's Husband
Co-Executive Producer

Appearances9

2020s

2025
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Self
2023
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Self
Waris Hussein in Conversation
Self
2022
Remembers…
Self · 2 episodes

2010s

2012
Tales of Television Centre
Self

2000s

2006
Doctor Who: Origins
Self
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
Self
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
Self

1980s

1989
Cult People
himself