Waris Hussein
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Waris Hussein

Born 9 December 1938 · Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
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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).

Known for

Doctor Who
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Mr. Nice
Melody
The Possession of Joel Delaney
The Face on the Milk Carton
Great Performances
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
A Touch of Love
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
Mr. Nice
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Her Best Friend's Husband
Sixth Happiness
A Child's Wish
The Face on the Milk Carton
Murder Between Friends
Fall from Grace
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
She Woke Up
Forbidden Nights
The Shell Seekers
Those She Left Behind
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Killer Instinct
Downpayment on Murder
When the Bough Breaks
Maggie
Copacabana
Surviving
Arch of Triumph
The Winter of Our Discontent
Coming Out of the Ice
Callie & Son
Death Penalty
The Henderson Monster
Baby Comes Home
And Baby Makes Six
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Daphne Laureola
Love Letters on Blue Paper
Chips with Everything
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Melody
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
A Touch of Love
Spoiled
Death of a Teddy Bear
Days in the Trees
Sleeping Dog
The Devil a Monk Would Be
Macready's Gala
The Connoisseur
A Man on Her Back
A Passage to India
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
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