Waris Hussein

Waris Hussein

Directing
Born 1938-12-09 Lucknow, United Provinces, British India 103 credits Primetime Emmy Awards 1

Awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award

Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won

  • 1986 Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series Won Copacabana

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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).
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Directing 53 credits
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
1963 · ★ 7.9 · Director
Play for Today
Play for Today
1970 · Director
Great Performances
Great Performances
1971 · Director
The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Director, Writer
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Director, Teleplay
Screen Two
Screen Two
1985 · Director
ITV Playhouse
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Director
Compact
Compact
1962 · Director
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Director
Sunday-Night Play
Sunday-Night Play
1960 · Director
Festival
Festival
1963 · Director
W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham
1969 · Director
The Sunday Drama
The Sunday Drama
1977 · Director
Londoners
Londoners
1965 · Director
Suspense
Suspense
1962 · Director
Romance
Romance
1977 · Director
Black and Blue
Black and Blue
1973 · Director
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978 · Director
Moonstrike
Moonstrike
1963 · Director
Laurence Olivier Presents
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976 · Director
Notorious Woman
Notorious Woman
1974 · Director
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993 · Director
Boy Meets Girl
Boy Meets Girl
1967 · Director
Melody
Melody
1971 · ★ 7.1 · Director
Copacabana
Copacabana
1985 · Director
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Director
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982 · Director
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling
1964 · Director
Armchair Thriller
Armchair Thriller
1978 · Director
Princess Daisy
Princess Daisy
1983 · Director
Switched at Birth
Switched at Birth
1991 · Director
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
1973 · Director
Supply and Demand
Supply and Demand
1998 · Director
Between the Wars
Between the Wars
1973 · Director
Shoulder to Shoulder
Shoulder to Shoulder
1974 · Director
Thirteen Against Fate
Thirteen Against Fate
1966 · Director
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970 · Director
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988 · Director
Daphne Laureola
Daphne Laureola
1978 · Director
The Possession of Joel Delaney
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972 · Director
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972 · Director
The Newcomers
The Newcomers
1965 · Director
A Touch of Love
A Touch of Love
1969 · Director
She Woke Up
She Woke Up
1992 · Director
Arch of Triumph
Arch of Triumph
1984 · Director
Toggle
Toggle
1968 · Director
Callie & Son
Callie & Son
1981 · Director
The Glittering Prizes
The Glittering Prizes
1976 · Director
Maggie
Maggie
1986 · Director
Intimate Contact
Intimate Contact
1987 · Director
Sleeping Dog
Sleeping Dog
1967 · Director
The Henderson Monster
The Henderson Monster
1980 · Director
A Child's Wish
A Child's Wish
1997 · Director
Acting 5 credits
Remembers…
Remembers…
2022 · Self
Mr. Nice
Mr. Nice
2010 · ★ 6.1 · Mohammed Durrani
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025 · Self
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005 · ★ 6.7 · Maharajah
Cult People
Cult People
1989 · himself
Other credits 2 credits
Doctor Who Confidential
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
Writing 2 credits
The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Director, Writer
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Director, Teleplay
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