Waris Hussein
Indian-British television and film director · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Born 1938 · age 87
Waris Hussein is an Indian-born British television and film director. At the beginning of his career he was employed by the BBC as its youngest drama director.
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Richard Burton: Wild GeniusFilm2022
Remembers…Series2012
Tales of Television CentreFilm2005
Mrs. Henderson PresentsFilm, Maharajah1998Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman StoryFilm, Director1994
Fall from GraceFilm, Director1992
She Woke UpFilm, Director1989
Cult PeopleFilm, himself1986Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety SeriesAward
When the Bough BreaksFilm, 1986Director1985
Screen TwoSeries, Director1984
Arch of TriumphFilm, Director1982
Little Gloria... Happy at LastSeries, Director
Coming Out of the IceFilm, 1982Director1978
Daphne LaureolaFilm, Director1977The Sunday DramaSeries, Director1973Black and BlueSeries, Director1971
Great PerformancesSeries, Director
MelodyFilm, 1971Director1967
Boy Meets GirlSeries, Director1965
A Passage to IndiaFilm, Director1964
The Wednesday PlaySeries, Director, Writer1963
Doctor Who: An Unearthly ChildFilm, Director1962
CompactSeries, Director1951
Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Director1938Born9 December 1938People around Waris
William Hartnell Waris directed An Unearthly Child (1963)
Carole Ann Ford Waris directed An Unearthly Child and Marco Polo
William Russell Waris directed Marco Polo and An Unearthly Child
Jacqueline Hill Waris directed An Unearthly Child and Marco Polo- Mark Eden Waris directed Assassin at Peking (1964)
Derren Nesbitt Waris directed Assassin at Peking (1964)
Zienia Merton Waris directed The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)
Howard Lang Waris directed The Cave of Skulls (1963)
Tutte Lemkow Waris directed Assassin at Peking (1964)- Jeremy Young Waris directed The Cave of Skulls (1963)
- Jimmy Gardner Waris directed Five Hundred Eyes (1964)
- Eileen Way Waris directed The Cave of Skulls (1963)
Donald Pleasence Waris directed The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)
Michael Gough Waris directed The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)
Melissa Gilbert Waris directed Killer Instinct (1988)
Tom Conti Waris directed An Early Life and A Past Life- Verity Lambert Produced Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child (1963)
Barbara Kellerman Waris directed An Early Life and A Past Life
Clive Merrison Waris directed The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)
Anna Carteret Waris directed The Shell Seekers (1989)
Marsha Mason Waris directed Surviving: A Family in Crisis (1985)
Lindsay Wagner Waris directed Princess Daisy (1983)
Robin Sachs Waris directed The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)
Cynthia Harris Waris directed Edward & Mrs. Simpson
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Melody 1971
Mrs. Henderson Presents 2005
Mr. Nice 2010
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
108 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 1
Awards
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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).
