Waris Hussein
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).

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Her Best Friend's Husband (2002)
Director | Co-Executive Producer
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story (1998)
Director
Sixth Happiness (1997)
Director
A Child's Wish (1997)
Director
The Face on the Milk Carton (1995)
Director
Fall from Grace (1994)
Director
Murder Between Friends (1994)
Director
The Summer House (1993)
Director
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story (1993)
Director
She Woke Up (1992)
Director
Switched at Birth (1991)
Director
Forbidden Nights (1990)
Director
The Shell Seekers (1989)
Director
Those She Left Behind (1989)
Director
Killer Instinct (1988)
Director
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988)
Director
Downpayment on Murder (1987)
Director
When the Bough Breaks (1986)
Director
Copacabana (1985)
Director
Arch of Triumph (1985)
Director
Surviving (1985)
Director
The Winter of Our Discontent (1983)
Director
Coming Out of the Ice (1982)
Director
Callie & Son (1981)
Director
Baby Comes Home (1980)
Director
The Henderson Monster (1980)
Director
Death Penalty (1980)
Director
And Baby Makes Six (1979)
Director
Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
Director
Daphne Laureola (1978)
Director
Love Letters on Blue Paper (1976)
Director
Hedda Gabler (1972)
Director
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
Director
The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)
Director
Melody (1971)
Director
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970)
Director
A Touch of Love (1969)
Director
Toggle (1968)
Director
The Connoisseur (1966)
Director
Macready's Gala (1966)
Director
A Man on Her Back (1966)
Director
A Passage to India (1965)
Director
Doctor Who: Marco Polo (1964)
Director
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child (1963)
Director