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Waris Hussein
Highest Rated: 73% The Summer House (1993)
Lowest Rated: 73% The Summer House (1993)
Birthday: Dec 9, 1938
Birthplace: Lucknow, India
Waris Hussein's amazing vision and attention to detail were the driving forces behind his success as a director. Hussein launched his directing career with dramas such as the Shirley MacLaine film "The Possession of Joel Delaney" (1972). In addition to his other work, at this time Hussein directed a few films such as the comedy "Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx" (1970) with Gene Wilder, "Melody" (1971) and the drama "The Possession of Joel Delaney" (1972) with Shirley MacLaine. To expand his directing experience, Hussein also directed some television shows including "Notorious Woman" (PBS, 1975-76) and "Shoulder to Shoulder" (PBS, 1975-76). Hussein won an Outstanding Directing In a Variety or Music Program Primetime Emmy Award for "Copacabana" in 1986. Most recently, Hussein directed "Her Best Friend's Husband" (Lifetime, 2001-02).
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 22% | Her Best Friend's Husband |
Director, Executive Producer |
- | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story | Director | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Child's Wish | Director | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | The Face on the Milk Carton | Director | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder Between Friends | Director | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For the Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story | Director | - | 1993 |
| 73% | 45% | The Summer House | Director | $2.1M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | She Woke Up | Director | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | Switched at Birth | Director | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Forbidden Nights | Director | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Those She Left Behind | Director | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | The Shell Seekers | Director | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killer Instinct | Director | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | Onassis: The Richest Man in the World | Director | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Intimate Contact | Director | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Downpayment on Murder | Director | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | When the Bough Breaks | Director | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Arch of Triumph | Director | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Copacabana | Director | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | Surviving | Director | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Princess Daisy | Director | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Winter of Our Discontent | Director | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Coming Out of the Ice | Director | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Callie & Son | Director | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Henderson Monster | Director | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baby Comes Home | Director | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death Penalty | Director | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | And Baby Makes Six | Director | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daphne Laureola | Director | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 11% | Divorce His, Divorce Hers | Director | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | The Possession of Joel Delaney | Director | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Divorce Hers | Director | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | Henry VIII and His Six Wives | Director | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Divorce His | Director | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Melody | Director | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx | Director | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thank You All Very Much | Director | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child | Director | - | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child | Director | - | 1963 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68% | 79% | Doctor Who | Director | 1963-1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Classic Doctor Who | Director | 1963 |