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Waris Hussein

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Waris Hussein

Born December 9, 1938 in Lucknow, United Provinces, British India55 films

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).

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Filmography

55 films as director
  1. 2002Her Best Friend's HusbandDirector
  2. 1998Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman StoryDirector
  3. 1997Sixth HappinessDirector
  4. 1997A Child's WishDirector
  5. 1995The Face on the Milk CartonDirector
  6. 1994Fall from GraceDirector
  7. 1994Murder Between FriendsDirector
  8. 1993The Clothes in the WardrobeDirector
  9. 1993For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala StoryDirector
  10. 1992She Woke UpDirector
  11. 1990Forbidden NightsDirector
  12. 1989The Shell SeekersDirector
  13. 1989Those She Left BehindDirector
  14. 1988Killer InstinctDirector
  15. 1988Onassis: The Richest Man in the WorldDirector
  16. 1987Downpayment on MurderDirector
  17. 1986When the Bough BreaksDirector
  18. 1986MaggieDirector
  19. 1985CopacabanaDirector
  20. 1985SurvivingDirector
  21. 1984Arch of TriumphDirector
  22. 1983The Winter of Our DiscontentDirector
  23. 1982Coming Out of the IceDirector
  24. 1981Callie & SonDirector
  25. 1980Baby Comes HomeDirector
  26. 1980The Henderson MonsterDirector
  27. 1980Death PenaltyDirector
  28. 1979And Baby Makes SixDirector
  29. 1978Edward & Mrs. SimpsonDirector
  30. 1978Armchair Thriller – Rachel in DangerDirector
  31. 1978Daphne LaureolaDirector
  32. 1977Romance: Three WeeksDirector
  33. 1976Love Letters on Blue PaperDirector
  34. 1975Chips with EverythingDirector
  35. 1973RustDirector
  36. 1973Divorce His - Divorce HersDirector
  37. 1972Hedda GablerDirector
  38. 1972Henry VIII and His Six WivesDirector
  39. 1972The Possession of Joel DelaneyDirector
  40. 1971MelodyDirector
  41. 1970Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the BronxDirector
  42. 1969A Touch of LoveDirector
  43. 1968SpoiledDirector
  44. 1968ToggleDirector
  45. 1967The Devil a Monk Would BeDirector
  46. 1967Sleeping DogDirector
  47. 1967Days in the TreesDirector
  48. 1967Death of a Teddy BearDirector
  49. 1966The ConnoisseurDirector
  50. 1966EllaDirector
  51. 1966Macready's GalaDirector
  52. 1966A Man on Her BackDirector
  53. 1965A Passage to IndiaDirector
  54. 1964Doctor Who: Marco PoloDirector
  55. 1963Doctor Who: An Unearthly ChildDirector