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Humphrey Burton

Mar 21, 1931 - Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK

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.

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Cast

Media
Movie1976New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go ByPresenter
Movie1976Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German CinemaSelf - Host
Movie1965The Golden RingHimself - Narrator
Movie1959Gordon JacobCommentator
Movie2006Glenn Gould: HereafterSelf
Movie1978Marevna and MarikaHimself
Movie2014Karajan's Magic and MythSelf
Movie1991La StupendaSelf
Movie2009Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn GouldSelf (archival footage)
Movie2008Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the ScreenSelf
Movie1971Elton John: Mr. SuperfunkSelf
Movie1976The Story of PantomimeSelf
Movie2017The Opera HouseSelf - BBC Arts Reporter
TV Show2022How the BBC BeganSelf3
TV Show1978BBC Young MusicianSelf - Host1
TV Show1966Conversations with Glenn GouldInterviewer4
TV Show1967OmnibusSelf - Presenter1

Crew

Media
Movie1973Trouble in TahitiExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1974The Marriage of FigaroProducerProduction
Movie1972Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal IntroductionDirectorDirecting
Movie2003Vincent in BrixtonDirectorDirecting
Movie1976Bernstein Gerhswin & IvesDirectorDirecting
Movie1994Eugene OneginDirectorDirecting
Movie1985The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard BernsteinDirectorDirecting
Movie1987Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987DirectorDirecting
Movie1984Die FledermausDirectorDirecting
Movie1995ErmioneDirectorDirecting
Movie1987Die Entführung aus dem SerailDirectorDirecting
Movie1996LuluDirectorDirecting
Movie1996Merry Christmas from ViennaDirectorDirecting
Movie1985The Making Of West Side StoryProducerProduction
Movie1998RodelindaDirectorDirecting
Movie1997Manon LescautDirectorDirecting
Movie1985Andrea ChénierDirectorDirecting
Movie1982Verdi: RequiemDirectorDirecting
Movie1989Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - CandideDirectorDirecting
Movie2002The Return of Ulysses to his HomelandDirectorDirecting
Movie1990Boris GodunovDirectorDirecting
Movie1965The Golden RingProducerProduction
Movie1987Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/SchubertDirectorDirecting
Movie1984Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belliDirectorDirecting
Movie1967Benjamin Britten and His FestivalExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1988CandideDirectorDirecting
Movie1991War and PeaceDirectorDirecting
Movie1976The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century CrisisDirectorDirecting
Movie1976The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of EarthDirectorDirecting
Movie1976The Unanswered Question I : Musical PhonologyDirectorDirecting
Movie1976The Unanswered Question II : Musical SyntaxDirectorDirecting
Movie1976The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of AmbiguityDirectorDirecting
Movie1976The Unanswered Question III : Musical SemanticsDirectorDirecting
Movie1983Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7DirectorDirecting
Movie1977Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & BachDirectorDirecting
Movie1991CandideDirectorDirecting
Movie2000FalstaffDirectorDirecting
Movie1984Bernstein Brahms SymphoniesDirectorDirecting
Movie1977Beethoven Symphony No. 9DirectorDirecting
Movie1986Liszt Annees de PelerinageDirectorDirecting
Movie2007Bach The Cello SuitesDirectorDirecting
Movie2007Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2DirectorDirecting
Movie2007Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5DirectorDirecting
Movie1991Mozart RequiemDirectorDirecting
Movie2006Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate JubilateDirectorDirecting
Movie2007Rostropovich Life & ArtDirectorDirecting
Movie1976Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6DirectorDirecting
Movie1976Bernstein Mahler RehearsalDirectorDirecting
Movie1973Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3DirectorDirecting
Movie2005Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der ErdeDirectorDirecting
Movie1975Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8DirectorDirecting
Movie1975Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5DirectorDirecting
Movie1978Bernstein Beethoven OverturesDirectorDirecting
Movie1961Antonio GaudíProducerProduction
Movie1984Brahms The Piano ConcertosDirectorDirecting
Movie1991The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe MeekProducerProduction
Movie1987Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987DirectorDirecting
Movie1965The Golden RingDirectorDirecting
Movie1970Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard BernsteinWriterWriting
Movie1970Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard BernsteinDirectorDirecting
Movie1970Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth SymphonyDirectorDirecting
Movie1970Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard BernsteinProducerProduction
Movie1977Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2DirectorDirecting
Movie1987Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, BeethovenDirectorDirecting
Movie1985Bach: St. John PassionDirectorDirecting
Movie1990Prince IgorDirectorDirecting
Movie1989Ode to FreedomDirectorDirecting
Movie2009Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)DirectorDirecting
Movie1998A Gala Christmas in ViennaDirectorDirecting
Movie1962Elgar: Portrait of a ComposerProducerProduction
Movie2008Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard BernsteinDirectorDirecting
Movie2010Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener PhilharmonikerDirectorDirecting
Movie2006Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred BrendelDirectorDirecting
Movie2007Mozart: RequiemDirectorDirecting
Movie2007Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)DirectorDirecting
Movie2007Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)DirectorDirecting
Movie2008Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5DirectorDirecting
Movie2008Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7DirectorDirecting
Movie2008Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred OvertureDirectorDirecting
Movie2006Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz RequiemDirectorDirecting
Movie2008Bernstein conducts BernsteinDirectorDirecting
TV Show1976The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard BernsteinConsulting ProducerProduction
TV Show1978BBC Young MusicianCreatorCreator