Humphrey Burton
Directing
Born: 1931-03-21 · Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
Died: 2025-12-17
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.
🎬 Movies (30)
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
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2009
Self (archival footage)
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
2009
Director
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
2008
Self
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
2008
Director
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
2008
Director
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
2008
Director
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
2008
Director
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
2008
Director
Bach The Cello Suites
2007
Director
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
2007
Director
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
2007
Director
Rostropovich Life & Art
2007
Director
Mozart: Requiem
2007
Director
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)
2007
Director
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)
2007
Director
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
2006
Self
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
2006
Director
Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel
2006
Director
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
Rodelinda
1998
Director
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
1998
Director
Manon Lescaut
1997
Director
