Humphrey Burton
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday21 March 1931
Died17 December 2025 (age 94)
Place of birthTrowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
Known credits102
Biography
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.
How the BBC Began
2022 · Self
The Opera House
2017 · Self - BBC Arts Reporter
Karajan's Magic and Myth
2014 · Self
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
2010 · Director
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
2009 · Director
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2009 · Self (archival footage)
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
2008 · Director
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
2008 · Director
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
2008 · Director
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
2008 · Director
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
2008 · Self
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
2008 · Director
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)
2007 · Director
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)
2007 · Director
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
2007 · Director
Bach The Cello Suites
2007 · Director
Rostropovich Life & Art
2007 · Director
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
2007 · Director
Mozart: Requiem
2007 · Director
Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel
2006 · Director
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 39 - Leonard Bernstein
2006 · Director
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
2006 · Director
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
2006 · Self
Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
2006 · Director
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
2006 · Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
2005 · Director
Vincent in Brixton
2003 · Director
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
2002 · Director
Falstaff
2000 · Director
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
1998 · Director
Rodelinda
1998 · Director
Manon Lescaut
1997 · Director
Merry Christmas from Vienna
1996 · Director
Lulu
1996 · Director
Ermione
1995 · Director
Eugene Onegin
1994 · Director
Candide
1991 · Director
La Stupenda
1991 · Self
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
1991 · Producer
War and Peace
1991 · Director
Mozart Requiem
1991 · Director
Boris Godunov
1990 · Director
Prince Igor
1990 · Director
Charles Mingus: Epitaph
1990 · Director
Ode to Freedom
1989 · Director
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
1989 · Director
Candide
1988 · Director
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
1987 · Director
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