Waris Hussein

Waris Hussein

Born: December 9, 1938
in 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).

Movies for Waris Hussein...

Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Title: Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Character: Self
Released: November 25, 2023
Type: Movie
Behind-the-scenes stories from the long-running sci-fi drama. There are tales of stunts that went dangerously wrong and secrets of how the crew brought monsters to life, as well as revelations about how some storylines proved to be so scary the BBC were forced to re-edit episodes.
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Tales of Television Centre
Title: Tales of Television Centre
Released: May 17, 2012
Type: Movie
Various actors, presenters, directors and other staff who have worked at the iconic BBC Television Centre at Shepherd's Bush in London reminisce about their time there.
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Mr. Nice
Title: Mr. Nice
Character: Mohammed Durrani
Released: October 7, 2010
Type: Movie
Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as leading to dealings with both the IRA and British Intelligence. Based on Marks' biography with the same title.
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Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
Title: Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
Character: Self
Released: January 30, 2006
Type: Movie
A feature on Doctor Who: The Beginning box set which tells the stories of the Doctor's time machine - the TARDIS.
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Over the Edge: The Story of
Title: Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction"
Character: Self
Released: January 30, 2006
Type: Movie
Documents the making of the Doctor Who Serial, "The Edge of Destruction". It was released on the DVD of the serial and hence in The Beginning box set.
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Doctor Who: Origins
Title: Doctor Who: Origins
Character: Self
Released: January 30, 2006
Type: Movie
A 55-minute documentary, detailing the creation of Doctor Who, including a rare interview with creator Sydney Newman, and new interviews with producer Verity Lambert, directors Waris Hussein and Richard Martin, actors William Russell and Carole Ann Ford, title sequence designer Bernard Lodge, and TARDIS sound effect creator Brian Hodgson
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Mrs. Henderson Presents
Title: Mrs. Henderson Presents
Character: Maharajah
Released: September 8, 2005
Type: Movie
Eccentric 70-year-old widow purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose money. Mrs. Henderson suggests they add female nudity similar to the Moulin Rouge in Paris.
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Title: Doctor Who Confidential
Released: March 26, 2005
Type: TV
Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary series created by the British Broadcasting Corporation to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Each episode was broadcast on BBC Three on Saturdays, immediately after the broadcast of the weekly television episode on BBC One. The running time of the first two series was 30 minutes, being extended to 45 minutes in the third. BBC Three also broadcast a cut-down edition of the programme, lasting 15 minutes, shown after the repeats on Sundays and Fridays and after the weekday evening repeats of earlier seasons. Described as focusing on the human element of the series, Confidential features behind-the-scenes footage on the making of Doctor Who through clips and interviews with the cast, production crew and other people, including those who have participated in the television series over the years of its existence. Each episode deals with a different topic, and in most cases refers to the Doctor Who episode that preceded it. There have also been two episodes of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast apart from the showing of Doctor Who episodes: in November 2006 an edition subtitled "Music and Monsters" was produced going behind the scenes of a televised concert of soundtrack music produced as part of that year's Children in Need appeal, and on 3 January 2009, a special edition was broadcast to announce the actor chosen to play the Eleventh Doctor.
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Cult People
Title: Cult People
Character: himself
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
In interviews, various actors and directors discuss their careers and their involvement in the making of what has come to be known as "cult" films. Included are such well-known genre figures as Russ Meyer, Curtis Harrington, Cameron Mitchell and James Karen.
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Title: Corrigan Blake
Released: February 2, 1962
Type: TV