Humphrey Burton
Known for: Directing
Born: March 20, 1931 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK - Died: December 16, 2025
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
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Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self - Host
The Golden Ring
Himself - Narrator
Gordon Jacob
Commentator
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
Self
Marevna and Marika
Himself
Karajan's Magic and Myth
Self
La Stupenda
Self
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Self (archival footage)
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Self
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
Self
The Story of Pantomime
Self
The Opera House
Self - BBC Arts Reporter
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
Presenter
How the BBC Began
Self
BBC Young Musician
Self - Host
Conversations with Glenn Gould
Interviewer
Omnibus
Self - Presenter
Trouble in Tahiti
Executive Producer
The Marriage of Figaro
Producer
Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
Director
Vincent in Brixton
Director
Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
Director
Eugene Onegin
Director
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
Director