Waris Hussein
December 9, 1938 · 87 years old
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…
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7 titles
The Face on the Milk Carton
A teenage girl sees a photograph of her much-younger self one day in the school cafeteria--on the side of a milk carton. But her beloved parents would never kidnap anyone and there's a deeper mystery ahead.
The Possession of Joel Delaney
An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer who beheaded young women in Spanish Harlem.
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
On his deathbed, King Henry VIII looks back over his eventful life and his six marriages.
The Shell Seekers
An Englishwoman (Angela Lansbury) reviews her life with her adult children in mind.
Callie & Son
Callie was a teenage mother in trouble. Fresh out of the delivery room, her son was taken from her and sold on the black-market. Vowing to find him some day, this is her story.
Copacabana
Singer Tony loves dancer Lola in 1940s New York, but sinister Rico brings her to his nightclub in Havana.
Coming Out of the Ice
Victor and his family moved to the USSR in the mid '30's. When he refused to sign his skydiving accomplishment as a citizen of the USSR, he was not tried but simply sent to prison. His horrific imprisonment, beating and torture cu...