Humphrey Burton
- Directing
- March 21, 1931 · Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
- 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.
Known for
Filmography
- How the BBC Began · Self
- The Opera House · Self
- Karajan's Magic and Myth · Self
- Benjamin Britten on Camera · 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
- Bernstein conducts Bernstein · Director
- Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5 · Director
- Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7 · 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
- Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 · Director
- Mozart: Requiem · 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
- War and Peace · Director
- Mozart Requiem · Director
- Boris Godunov · Director
- Prince Igor · Director
- Charles Mingus: Epitaph · 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
- Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987 · Director
- Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven · Director
- Liszt Annees de Pelerinage · Director
- The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein · Director
- Bach: St. John Passion · Director
- The Making Of West Side Story · Producer
- Andrea Chénier · Director
- Brahms The Piano Concertos · Director
- Die Fledermaus · Director
- Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli · Director
- Bernstein Brahms Symphonies · Director
- Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7 · Director
- Verdi: Requiem · Director
- Bernstein/Beethoven · Director
- Bernstein Beethoven Overtures · Director
- Marevna and Marika · Self
- BBC Young Musician · Self, Creator
- Beethoven Symphony No. 9 · Director
- Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach · Director
- Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2 · Director
- The Story of Pantomime · Self
- New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By · Presenter
- Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema · Self
- Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 · Director
- Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal · Director
- The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis · Director
- The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth · Director
- The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology · Director
- The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax · Director