Humphrey Burton
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. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
Known for
DirectingBirthday
March 21, 1931Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
75Place of birth
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/rTOVJuijpOSvA8BdVCZwZlWVVrq.jpg)
Cast credits
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Glenn Gould: Hereafter
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/tjAo5w4bYiTSRei597d6ytBThJz.jpg)
La Stupenda
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gSIRrPqs7iikSvDuXBzSFaGsal5.jpg)
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Self (archival footage)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/zjXA6CwiCCn9NzPA4D4eP3OXcUc.jpg)
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/74YArz57zHmXNI5PcO9PlKsCNuW.jpg)
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6DAgokjTY7VDnnByPbxXJeRxzut.jpg)
The Story of Pantomime
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/A0BL7icn0zoiOYfYqnZANkBRPpL.jpg)
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self - Host![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1PvFe1AFUAZBRjldSfrNB1ccB53.jpg)
Gordon Jacob
Commentator![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qFq5fjkGy8jbnS7JROb78kzGRB0.jpg)
The Golden Ring
Himself - NarratorCrew credits
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Die Fledermaus
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/kwybuLkZcXUy52tZcZYfPNx5mMh.jpg)
The Making Of West Side Story
Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dBsEN7r8eTtfhcrTvjuA6SOMU0u.jpg)
Merry Christmas from Vienna
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/woYYqSewx6wRgKq2OiDfagizUUX.jpg)
Ermione
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/g2BsZyxtBaXvcJqALrJ7XD1Denk.jpg)
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qYJ1SqGAnrkEppFxXcSN8AHmqCD.jpg)
Rodelinda
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/n3WQA42fw5EqR9Is7dqGHxWqi2l.jpg)
Lulu
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/bWWxStdhIseuIl38p9QgH4ycM8b.jpg)
Andrea Chénier
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6hxeCBqX6evIGtjIHrSQSJqtiza.jpg)
Boris Godunov
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4DYZcwctHGQAOsEUxgxSYeHjRsf.jpg)
Candide
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ldF0Wtxuw8mDWefUVnXpxYHhWlJ.jpg)
War and Peace
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/fkdrFBUl2IQ7xwLMBHkreMPXYaz.jpg)
Candide
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/adWWzTB2bGuAZBNdgTM9KifWcnF.jpg)
Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/hDXK0UPnq34eZOjZyABMuFNJrcd.jpg)
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ms7rUjcWgLPpgQ9Uk6ffgPguDxH.jpg)
Liszt Annees de Pelerinage
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/huQ3d7Z0848ZYvgfuXsRXc62g8b.jpg)
Bach The Cello Suites
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/k2syuZcup9GHgesXDL98fWQlZC0.jpg)
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/vPikd9d1pDcDTkJfP1qcnSkIOqh.jpg)
Mozart Requiem
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/cDPoMzerb44t3q9uIW46zjVLQjI.jpg)
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
Director