Waris Hussein (1938 - )

Date of Birth: 9 December 1938
Place of Birth: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Also Known As:

GENRE FILMOGRAPHY

all as director except where noted
* - television

1963
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child (23 November 1963 - 14 December 1963)

Suspense: One Step From the Pavement (14 January 1963) (director) *

1964
Doctor Who: Marco Polo (22 February 1964 - 4 April 1964) *

1972
The Possession of Joel Delaney (director)
Outo mahti - Finnish title
Posesión - Spanish title
Possession - legame di sangue - Italian title
Possuídos Pelo Mal - Brazilian title
Possuídos Pelo Poder Maligno - Brazilian title

1980
The Henderson Monster (director) *

1989
Cult People (performer (himself))

1991
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child (pilot version) (24 August 1991) *

NON-GENRE FILMOGRAPHY

1962
Compact: episodes unknown (director) *

Corrigan Blake: You Can't Win Them All (2 February 1962) (performer (Cholo)) *

1963
Moonstrike (director) *

1964
Kipling: The Sending of Dana Ka (6 September 1964) (director) *

1965
Londoners: Angus Slowly Sinking? (director) *

Play of the Month: Passage to India (director) *

1966
Thirteen Against Fate: The Son (21 August 1966) (director) *

Wednesday Play: The Connoisseur (director) *

Wednesday Play: Macready's Gala (director) *

Wednesday Play: A Man On Her Back (director) *

1967
Boy Meets Girl (director) *

The Wednesday Play: Days in the Trees (director) *

The Wednesday Play: Death of a Teddy Bear (15 February 1967) (director) *

The Wednesday Play: The Devil a Monk Would Be (director) *

1968
Play of the Month: St Joan (director) *

Wednesday Play: Spoiled (director) *

Wednesday Play: Toggle (director) *

1969
A Touch of Love (director)
Thank You All Very Much - US title
The Millstone

W. Somerset Maugham: A Casual Affair (director) *

1970
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (director)
Bronxin serkku - Finnish title
Che fortuna avere una cugina nel Bronx - Italian title
Fun Loving
Quackser Fortune hat 'nen Vetter in der Bronx - West German title

1971
Melody (director)
Come sposare la compagna di banco e farla in barba alla maestra - Italian title
Melody - suloinen ensirakkaus - Finnish title
S.W.A.L.K.

1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (director)
Enrico VIII: tutte le donne del re - Italian title
Enrique VIII y sus seis mujeres - Spanish title
Heinrich VIII und seine sechs Frauen - West German title
Henrik VIII och hans sex hustrur - Swedish title
Henrik VIII:n kuusi vaimoa - Finnish title
Henrique VIII E Suas Seis Esposas - Brazilian title

Play of the Month: Hedda Gabler (director) *

1973
Black and Blue: Rust (4 September 1973) (director) *

Divorce His - Divorce Hers (director) *
Os Divorciados do Século - Brazilian title
Divorzia lui divorzia lei - Italian title
Se divorcia él, se divorcia ella - Spanish title

1974
Notorious Woman (director) *

Shoulder to Shoulder (director) *

1976
The Glittering Prizes (director) *

Play For Today: Love Letters on Blue Paper (2 March 1976) (director) *

Globe Theatre: Sarah (director) *

1977
ITV Playhouse: Blind Love (26 April 1977) (director) *

Romance: Moths (director) *

Romance: Three Weeks (director) *

The Sunday Drama: Waiting For Sheila (director) *

1978
Armchair Thriller: Rachel in Danger (director) *

Edward and Mrs Simpson (director) *

ITV Playhouse: Forty Weeks (director) *

Laurence Olivier Presents: Daphne Laureola (director) *

1979
And Baby Makes Six (director) *
Dann wären wir sechs - West German title

1980
Baby Comes Home (16 October 1980) (director) *
Ein Baby im Haus - West German title
Un bébé de plus - French title

Death Penalty (director) *
Verurteilt zum Tode - West German title

1981
Callie and Son (13 October 1981) (director) *
Callie y su hijo - Argentinean title
Rags to Riches

1982
Coming Out of the Ice (23 May 1982) (director) *
Gulag 2 - West German title
Pako - Finnish title

Little Gloria... Happy at Last (24 October 1982) (director) *
Kleine Gloria - Armes reiches Mädchen - West German title

1983
Princess Daisy (6 November 1983) (director) *
La princesa Daisy - Venezuelan title
Princesse Daisy - French title

The Winter of Our Discontent (6 December 1983) (director) *
El invierno de nuestro discontento - Colombian title
Rosszkedvünk tele - Hungarian title
Tyytymättömyyden talvi - Finnish title

1984
Surviving (19 December 1984) (director) *
Helpompi kuolla kuin elää - Finnish title
Patto di amore e di morte - Italian title
Surviving: A Family In Crisis
Tragedy - US video title
...und fanden keinen Ausweg mehr - West German title

1985
Arch of Triumph (19 December 1984) (director) *
A Diadalív árnyékában - Hungarian title
Arco do Triunfo - Brazilian title
Im Schatten des Triumphbogens - Austrian / West German title

Copacabana (3 December 1985) (director) *
Barry Manilow's Copacabana - US video title

1986
Maggie (9 July 1986) (director)

When the Bough Breaks (12 October 1986) (director) *
Gränsfall - Swedish title
Kun oksa katkeaa - Finnish title
Verschwörung des Bösen - West German title

1987
Downpayment on Murder (1 December 1987) (director) *
L'assassino è su di noi - Italian title
Enganado para Matar - Portugese title
Mord auf Bestellung - West German title
Murha käteisellä - Finnish title

Intimate Contact (9 - 30 March 1987) (director) *

1988
Killer Instinct (22 November 1988) (director) *
Deadly Observation - US video title
Instynkt mordercy - Polish title
Tappaja vastoin tahtoaan - Finnish title

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1 May 1988) (director) *
Onassis
Onassis - maailman rikkain mies - Finnish title
Onassis, czesc 1-2 - Polish title
Onassis, l'homme le plus riche du monde - French title
Onassis: el hombre más rico del mundo - Spanish title
Onassis: l'uomo più ricco del mondo - Italian title

1989
The Shell Seekers (21 December 1989) (director) *

Those She Left Behind (director) *
Verlaß mich nicht, Daddy - West German title
Vivre sans elle - French / French Canadian title

1990
Forbidden Nights (10 April 1990) (director) *
Kielletyt tunteet - Finnish title
Noches prohibidas - Argentinean / Spanish title
Notti proibite - Italian title
Verbotene Nächte - West German title

1991
Switched at Birth (28 April 1991) (director) *
Babyswitch - Kind fremder Eltern - German title
Die Babyverwechslung - German title
Cambiadas al nacer - Spanish title
Confusion tragique - French title
Erehdyksen hinta - Finnish title
Väärät vanhemmat - Finnish title

1992
Screen Two: Clothes in the Wardrobe (17 January 1993) (director) *
Ein Blühendes Leben - German title
Destino Traido - Brazilian title
Injustes noces - French title
El invernadero - Mexican title
Nuestra casa de verano - Argentinean title
Ola tou gamou dyskola - Greek title
The Summer House - Australian / US title

Deadly Relations (director) *

1993
For the Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story (10 May 1993) (director) *

Murder Between Friends (director) *
Assassinato Entre Amigos - Brazilian title
Crime Entre Amigos - Portugese title
Mord bland vänner - Swedish title
Mord unter Freunden - German title
Murha ystävien kesken - Finnish title

She Woke Up (4 August 1993) (director) *
Murhaajan kosketus - Finnish title
Onda avsikter - Swedish title
Der Schatten des Mörders - German title
Total Blackout - German title

1994
Fall from Grace (5 June 1994) (director) *
Destinos encontrados - Argentinean title
Fortitude - French title
Operación Fortaleza - Spanish title
Voiton hinta - Finnish title

1995
The Face on the Milk Carton (24 May 1995) (director) *
Entführt - Die furchtbare Wahrheit - German title
Reencontro com o Passado - Portugese title
Stolen Identity - Danish title
Stulen identitet - Swedish title

1996
A Child's Wish (director) *
A Fight for Justice - UK title
Un giorno con il presidente - Italian title
Le rêve impossible - French title
Schicksalsschläge - German title

Sixth Happiness (director)

1998
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story (12 October 1998) (director) *
A Alegria da Festa - A História de Pamela Harriman - Brazilian title
A Rainha da Festa - A História de Pamela Harriman - Brazilian title
Life of the Party: Pamela Harriman
Pamela Churchill - Una vita tra uomini e politica - Italian title
Pamela Harriman - århundradets kurtisan - Swedish title
Die Seele der Partei - Die Pamela Harriman Story - German title

Supply and Demand (1 - 22 September 1998) (director) *
Eliittiryhmä - Finnish title

2002
Her Best Friend's Husband (co-executive producer, director) *
El marido de mi mejor amiga - Spanish title
Les raisons du coeur - French title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Broadcast 10 January 1986 p.17 (UK)
illustrated interview (Bags of success from a suitcase by Roma Felstein)

Cinemaya no.9 (Autumn 1990) pp.52-53 (India)
illustrated article

Eyepiece vol.15 no.2 (April / May 1994) pp.10-12 (UK)
interview (Fortitude in co-production by Madelyn Most)

Film Dope no.26 (January 1983) pp.18-19 (UK)
filmography (by Markku Salmi)

The Film Journal no.96 (October / November 1993) p.12
illustrated article (Moreau applies worldly charm in Goldwyn's The Summer House by Liza Bear)

Film Reader no.1 (1975) pp.85-86 (USA)
article

Film World vol.4 no.3 (October - December 1968) p.71 (Canada)
article

Films in London vol.2 no.32 (23 August 1970) p.464 (UK)
article

Interview no.24 (August 1972) pp.42, 51 (USA)
illustrated interview (Waris Hussein and the Possession of Joel Delaney by Steven Goldgram and Pat Hackett)

Millimeter 12 August 1984 pp.210-11 (USA)
article (Close-ups: Waris Hussein by Donald Chase)

Screen International no.6 (11 October 1975) p.12 (UK)
note

Screen International no.535 (15 February 1986) p.50 (UK)
note

Screen International no.774 (15 September 1990) p.8 (UK)
letter

Sight and Sound Winter 1968 - 1969 p.40 (UK)
illustrated article (Case Histories for the Next Renaissance by David Colinson)

Stills no.18 (April 1985) pp.37-39 (UK)
illustrated interview (Welcome to L.A. by Bart Mills)

Studio (Thames) December 1978 p.8 (UK)
interview

Television Today 23 June 1977 p.25 (UK)
interview

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008