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Waris Hussein

Film Director / Television Director / Screenwriter | * 12/09/1938 (85) | Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
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). ()

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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Manhattan socialite begins to fear for her troubled younger brother when he starts behaving bizarrely and he seems to have been friends with a backstreet murderer. ...

The Possession of Joel Delaney

R

1972 | 2.9/5 | 1h 45min
Horror
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While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the palace and in parliament, especially when King Geor ...

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

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1978 | 5.0/5 | 5h 50min
TV Movie, Drama, Romance / Love
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In 1948, aspiring songwriter Tony works as a bar pianist; he meets aspiring star Lola, and is immediately smitten. At Manhattan's Copacabana lounge, they both start finding fame. However, fate steps i ...

Copacabana

Certification unknown

1985 | 2.5/5 | 1h 36min
Comedy, Music, Romance / Love, TV Movie
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Intellectually driven doctoral student Rosamund Stacey, while undertaking graduate work at the British Museum, becomes pregnant after a brief affair with a television newsreader. Against the advice of ...

A Touch of Love

Certification unknown

1969 | 3.4/5 | 1h 47min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Waris Hussein

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
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Movies with Waris Hussein as Actor(6)

2012 Tales of Television Centre
as Mohammed Durrani2010 Mr. Nice
as himself2006 Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
as himself2006 Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction"
as Maharajah2005 Mrs. Henderson Presents
as himself1989 Cult People

TV Shows/Series with Waris Hussein as Actor(1)

2005 Doctor Who Confidential

Movies with Waris Hussein as Crew(38)

Directing/Director2002 Her Best Friend's Husband
Production/Co-Executive Producer2002 Her Best Friend's Husband
Directing/Director1998 Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Directing/Director1997 Sixth Happiness
Directing/Director1997 A Child's Wish
Directing/Director1995 The Face on the Milk Carton
Directing/Director1994 Murder Between Friends
Directing/Director1993 For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
Directing/Director1993 The Summer House
Directing/Director1992 She Woke Up
Directing/Director1991 Switched at Birth
Directing/Director1990 Forbidden Nights
Directing/Director1989 Those She Left Behind
Directing/Director1989 The Shell Seekers
Directing/Director1988 Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Directing/Director1988 Killer Instinct
Directing/Director1987 Downpayment on Murder
Directing/Director1986 When The Bough Breaks
Directing/Director1985 Arch of Triumph
Directing/Director1985 Surviving
Directing/Director1985 Copacabana
Directing/Director1983 The Winter of Our Discontent
Directing/Director1982 Coming Out of the Ice
Directing/Director1981 Callie & Son
Directing/Director1980 Death Penalty
Directing/Director1980 The Henderson Monster
Directing/Director1980 Baby Comes Home
Directing/Director1979 And Baby Makes Six
Directing/Director1978 Daphne Laureola
Directing/Director1978 Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Directing/Director1976 Love Letters on Blue Paper
Directing/Director1972 The Possession of Joel Delaney
Directing/Director1972 Hedda Gabler
Directing/Director1972 Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Directing/Director1971 Melody
Directing/Director1970 Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Directing/Director1969 A Touch of Love
Directing/Director1964 Doctor Who: Marco Polo

TV Shows/Series with Waris Hussein as Crew(14)

Directing/Director1987 Intimate Contact
Directing/Director1983 Princess Daisy
Directing/Director1982 Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Directing/Director1978 Armchair Thriller
Directing/Director1976 The Glittering Prizes
Directing/Director1974 Notorious Woman
Directing/Director1974 Shoulder to Shoulder
Directing/Director1973 Black and Blue
Directing/Director1970 Play for Today
Directing/Director1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre
Directing/Director1965 Play of the Month
Directing/Director1964 The Wednesday Play
Directing/Director1963 Doctor Who
Directing/Director1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Full Name: Waris Hussein
Citizenships: United Kingdom (UK), India
Born: Friday, 12/09 1938 (December) in Lucknow, United Provinces, British India (current age: 85 years + 136 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Queens' College, Clifton College
Mother: Attia Hosain
Waris Hussein frequently works together with these people:
Terry Walsh (39x, Actor)
Pat Gorman (16x, Actor)
Max Faulkner (13x, Actor)
John Scott Martin (12x, Actor)
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
Cy Town (11x, Actor)
Julie Harris (10x, Actress)
Michael Wisher (10x, Actor)
Anthony Hopkins (9x, Actor)
John Gielgud (8x, Actor)
Anthony Ainley (8x, Actor)
Bernard Rose (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:620240, Added: 10/21/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024