Humphrey Burton
Directing
Born 1931-03-21 · Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK · Died 2025-12-17
Author, broadcaster, director and producer. First Head of Music and Arts for BBC Television 1965-1967. Resumed the position again from 1975-1981 after an eight year absence in commercial television as a founder-member of London Weekend Television. For his work as a director, he has won four Emmy Awards, two British Academy Awards and as a presenter received the Royal Television Society Silver medal and Sony Gold Award.
Acting
How the BBC Began
Self
The Opera House
Self - BBC Arts Reporter
Karajan's Magic and Myth
Self
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Self (archival footage)
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Self
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
Self
La Stupenda
Self
Marevna and Marika
Himself
BBC Young Musician
Self - Host
The Story of Pantomime
Self
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
Presenter
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self - Host
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
Self
Omnibus
Self - Presenter
Conversations with Glenn Gould
Interviewer
The Golden Ring
Himself - Narrator
Gordon Jacob
Commentator
Crew
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
Director
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
Director
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
Director
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
Director
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
Director
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
Director
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
Director
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)
Director
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)
Director
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
Director
Bach The Cello Suites
Director
Rostropovich Life & Art
Director
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
Director
Mozart: Requiem
Director
Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel
Director
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
Director
Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
Director
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
Director
Vincent in Brixton
Director