Directing
Waris Hussein
- Titles
- 64movies33TV shows
- Career
Active from 1951 to 2025, with a break from 2003 to 2024, busiest in 1967 with 6 main titles.
- Directed
- 85titles as director
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Edward & Mrs. Simpson87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.4average 2.6
- Biographical3.1average 0.9
- Nostalgia5.7average 3.6
- Family Dynamics6.3average 4.7
- Romance5.4average 3.8
- Politics4.2average 2.6
- Pathos6.7average 5.2
- Melancholy6.1average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Violence2.3, average 4.3
- Adrenaline3.1, average 5.1
- Physical Comedy1.1, average 2.5
- Scare1.3, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 11
- Character Study 7
- Thought-Provoking 6
- Historical Drama 5
- Anthology Drama 4
- Dialogue-Driven 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Anthology Series 4
- Nostalgic 3
- British Television 3
- Character Studies 3
- Biographical Drama 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- MMichael DressComposerA Touch of Love, Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx, Sleeping Dog, Days in the Trees, Death of a Teddy Bear, +1 more
Colleen DewhurstActorThose She Left Behind, And Baby Makes Six, Death Penalty, Baby Comes Home
Richard MasurActorWhen the Bough Breaks, The Face on the Milk Carton, The Winter of Our Discontent
William RussellActorDoctor Who: Marco Polo, Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child, Doctor Who: The Eight Doctors- RRobert SteadmanCinematographerThose She Left Behind, Killer Instinct, She Woke Up
Simon GrayWriterSleeping Dog, Death of a Teddy Bear, Spoiled
Cynthia HarrisActorLife of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story, Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Warren OatesActorAnd Baby Makes Six, Baby Comes Home
Melissa GilbertActorKiller Instinct, Forbidden Nights
Ian McKellenActorA Touch of Love, Hedda Gabler
William HartnellActorDoctor Who: Marco Polo, Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Joan PlowrightActorThe Summer House, Daphne Laureola
Movies and TV shows
592020s
1 title
2010s
1 title · average score 56
56
Mr. Nice (2010)
as Mohammed Durrani
2000s
3 titles · average score 64
69
Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
as Maharajah
44
Her Best Friend's Husband (2002)
Co-Executive Producer, Director
1990s
11 titles · average score 63
64
A Child's Wish (1997)
Director
Sixth Happiness (1997)
Director
54
Murder Between Friends (1994)
Director
Fall from Grace (1994)
Director
63
The Summer House (1993)
Director
She Woke Up (1992)
Director
73
Switched at Birth (1991)
Director
Forbidden Nights (1990)
Director
1980s
16 titles · average score 64
Those She Left Behind (1989)
Director
67
The Shell Seekers (1989)
Director
Killer Instinct (1988)
Director
Downpayment on Murder (1987)
Director
60
When the Bough Breaks (1986)
Director
71
Copacabana (1985)
Director
73
Surviving (1985)
Director
52
Arch of Triumph (1984)
Director
72
Coming Out of the Ice (1982)
Director
61
Callie & Son (1981)
Director
1970s
12 titles · average score 66
And Baby Makes Six (1979)
Director
87
Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
Director
Daphne Laureola (1978)
Director
Rust (1973)
Director
Hedda Gabler (1972)
Director
79
Melody (1971)
Director
1960s
15 titles · average score 71
63
A Touch of Love (1969)
Director
Toggle (1968)
Director
Spoiled (1968)
Director
Sleeping Dog (1967)
Director
Days in the Trees (1967)
Screenplay, Director
Death of a Teddy Bear (1967)
Director
The Connoisseur (1966)
Director
Ella (1966)
Director
77
A Passage to India (1965)
Director
72
Doctor Who: Marco Polo (1964)
Director
Corrigan Blake (1962)
TV show