Known For
Directing
Born
Mar 21, 1931
Died
Dec 17, 2025
Place of Birth
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
Credits
102 titles
Humphrey Burton
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.
Known For
Filmography
How the BBC Began
Self
The Opera House
Self - BBC Arts Reporter
Karajan's Magic and Myth
Self
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
Director
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
Director
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Self (archival footage)
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
Director
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
Director
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
Director
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
Director
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Self
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
Mozart: Requiem
Director
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
Director
Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel
Director
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 39 - Leonard Bernstein
Director
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
Director
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
Self
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
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
Director
Falstaff
Director
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
Director
Rodelinda
Director
Manon Lescaut
Director
Merry Christmas from Vienna
Director
Lulu
Director
Ermione
Director
Eugene Onegin
Director
Candide
Director
La Stupenda
Self
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
Producer
Mozart Requiem
Director
War and Peace
Director
Boris Godunov
Director
Charles Mingus: Epitaph
Director
Prince Igor
Director
Ode to Freedom
Director
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
Director
Candide
Director
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Director
Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert
Director
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
Director