Humphrey Burton
Directing · 94 years old
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
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
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
Self
BBC Young Musician
Self - Host
The Opera House
Self - BBC Arts Reporter
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
Self
Omnibus
Self - Presenter
The Golden Ring
Himself - Narrator
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Self (archival footage)
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self - Host
Gordon Jacob
Commentator
La Stupenda
Self
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Self
The Story of Pantomime
Self
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
Presenter
How the BBC Began
Self
Conversations with Glenn Gould
Interviewer
Behind the Scenes
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
Director
Ermione
Director
Candide
Director
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
Director
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
Director
The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
Director
The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
Director
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
Director
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Director
The Making Of West Side Story
Producer