Humphrey Burton
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 21, 1931
- Place of birth
- Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Died
- December 17, 2025
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 with Humphrey Burton
- Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould 2009 · ★ 6.8
- The Opera House 2017 · ★ 8.2
- Glenn Gould: Hereafter 2006 · ★ 8.0
- The Golden Ring 1965 · ★ 7.0
- Marevna and Marika 1978 · ★ 8.0
- Elton John: Mr. Superfunk 1971 · ★ 10.0
- Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema 1976
- Gordon Jacob 1959
- Karajan's Magic and Myth 2014
- La Stupenda 1991
- Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen 2008
- The Story of Pantomime 1976
- New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By 1976
- Benjamin Britten on Camera 2013
Movies directed by Humphrey Burton
- Die Fledermaus 1984 · ★ 8.2
- Lulu 1996 · ★ 7.8
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail 1987 · ★ 5.8
- Andrea Chénier 1985 · ★ 7.3
- Boris Godunov 1990 · ★ 7.3
- The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein 1985 · ★ 8.0
- Ermione 1995 · ★ 8.0
- The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland 2002 · ★ 8.2
- The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis 1976 · ★ 8.5
- The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology 1976 · ★ 9.0
- Candide 1991 · ★ 7.5
- Falstaff 2000 · ★ 8.0
- Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5 2008 · ★ 7.5
- Vincent in Brixton 2003 · ★ 6.0
- Eugene Onegin 1994 · ★ 9.0
- Merry Christmas from Vienna 1996 · ★ 8.0
- Rodelinda 1998 · ★ 7.0
- Manon Lescaut 1997 · ★ 9.0
- Candide 1988 · ★ 9.0
- War and Peace 1991 · ★ 10.0
- The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth 1976 · ★ 9.0
- The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax 1976 · ★ 9.0
- The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity 1976 · ★ 9.0
- The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics 1976 · ★ 9.0
- Rostropovich Life & Art 2007 · ★ 7.0
- Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 1976 · ★ 10.0
- Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal 1976 · ★ 7.0
- Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3 1973 · ★ 10.0
- Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde 2005 · ★ 10.0
- Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987 1987 · ★ 7.0
- The Golden Ring 1965 · ★ 7.0
- Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein 1970 · ★ 9.0
- Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony 1970 · ★ 10.0
- Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2 1977 · ★ 10.0
- Prince Igor 1990 · ★ 8.0
- Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein) 2009 · ★ 7.0
- Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction 1972
- Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives 1976
- Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987 1987
- Verdi: Requiem 1982