Directed credits
73
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Waris Hussein
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.4
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Directed movies: 47Directed series: 26All crew credits: 73
TMDB ID: 44726
IMDb ID: nm0404014
Known for: Directing
Born: December 9, 1938
Age: 87
Place of birth: Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2025
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.65
Wikidata: Q2570928
Frequent jobs
Director (73)
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).
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Waris Hussein.
Director
Her Best Friend's Husband
2002 • Movie
Director
Sixth Happiness
1997 • Movie
Director
A Child's Wish
1997 • Movie
Director
The Face on the Milk Carton
1995 • Movie
Director
Fall from Grace
1994 • Movie
Director
Murder Between Friends
1994 • Movie
Director
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993 • Movie
Director
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
1993 • Movie
Director
She Woke Up
1992 • Movie
Director
Forbidden Nights
1990 • Movie
Director
The Shell Seekers
1989 • Movie
Director
Those She Left Behind
1989 • Movie
Director
Killer Instinct
1988 • Movie
Director
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988 • Movie
Director
Downpayment on Murder
1987 • Movie
Director
When the Bough Breaks
1986 • Movie
Director
Maggie
1986 • Movie
Director
Copacabana
1985 • Movie
Director
Surviving
1985 • Movie
Director
Arch of Triumph
1984 • Movie
Director
The Winter of Our Discontent
1983 • Movie
Director
Coming Out of the Ice
1982 • Movie
Director
Callie & Son
1981 • Movie
Director
Baby Comes Home
1980 • Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Waris Hussein.
Director • 4 eps
Supply and Demand
1998 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Switched at Birth
1991 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Intimate Contact
1987 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Screen Two
1985 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Princess Daisy
1983 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982 • Series
Director • 7 eps
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978 • Series
Director • 4 eps
Armchair Thriller
1978 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976 • Series
Director • 3 eps
The Glittering Prizes
1976 • Series
Director • 7 eps
Notorious Woman
1974 • Series
Director • 4 eps
Shoulder to Shoulder
1974 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
1973 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Great Performances
1971 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Play for Today
1970 • Series
Director • 2 eps
ITV Playhouse
1967 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Boy Meets Girl
1967 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Thirteen Against Fate
1966 • Series
Director • 6 eps
BBC Play of the Month
1965 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Londoners
1965 • Series
Director • 9 eps
The Wednesday Play
1964 • Series
Director • 10 eps
Doctor Who
1963 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Suspense
1962 • Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Waris Hussein.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Waris Hussein.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Waris Hussein.
Director
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993 • Movie
Director
Sleeping Dog
1967 • Movie
as Self
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025 • Movie
Director
Her Best Friend's Husband
2002 • Movie
Director
Copacabana
1985 • Movie
Director
A Touch of Love
1969 • Movie
Director
Spoiled
1968 • Movie
as himself
Cult People
1989 • Movie
Director
Melody
1971 • Movie
Director
Macready's Gala
1966 • Movie
Director
Daphne Laureola
1978 • Movie
Director
Maggie
1986 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Waris Hussein.
Director • 10 eps
Doctor Who
1963 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Great Performances
1971 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Play for Today
1970 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Screen Two
1985 • Series
Director • 6 eps
BBC Play of the Month
1965 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 • Series
Director • 2 eps
ITV Playhouse
1967 • Series
Director • 9 eps
The Wednesday Play
1964 • Series
Director • 10 eps
Compact
1962 • Series
1 eps
Doctor Who Confidential
2005 • Series
Director • 4 eps
Armchair Thriller
1978 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Remembers…
2022 • Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Waris Hussein.
as Self
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025 • Movie
as Self
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023 • Movie
as Self
Tales of Television Centre
2012 • Movie
as Mohammed Durrani
Mr. Nice
2010 • Movie
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008 • Movie
as Self
Doctor Who: Origins
2006 • Movie
as Self
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
2006 • Movie
as Self
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
2006 • Movie
as Maharajah
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005 • Movie
as himself
Cult People
1989 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Waris Hussein.