Directing

Humphrey Burton

Born 1931-03-21 · Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK

Died 2025-12-17

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.

Credits

Newest first

How the BBC Began
as Self
2022
The Opera House
as Self - BBC Arts Reporter
2017
Karajan's Magic and Myth
as Self
2014
Benjamin Britten on Camera
as Self
2013
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
Director
2010
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
Director
2009
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
as Self (archival footage)
2009
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
Director
2008
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
Director
2008
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
Director
2008
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
Director
2008
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
as Self
2008
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
Director
2008
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)
Director
2007
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)
Director
2007
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
Director
2007
Bach The Cello Suites
Director
2007
Rostropovich Life & Art
Director
2007
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
Director
2007
Mozart: Requiem
Director
2007
Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel
Director
2006
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 39 - Leonard Bernstein
Director
2006
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
Director
2006
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
as Self
2006
Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
Director
2006
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
Director
2006
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
Director
2005
Vincent in Brixton
Director
2003
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
Director
2002
Falstaff
Director
2000
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
Director
1998
Rodelinda
Director
1998
Manon Lescaut
Director
1997
Merry Christmas from Vienna
Director
1996
Lulu
Director
1996
Ermione
Director
1995
Eugene Onegin
Director
1994
Candide
Director
1991
La Stupenda
as Self
1991
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
Producer
1991
War and Peace
Director
1991
Mozart Requiem
Director
1991
Boris Godunov
Director
1990
Prince Igor
Director
1990
Charles Mingus: Epitaph
Director
1990
Ode to Freedom
Director
1989
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
Director
1989
Candide
Director
1988
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Director
1987
Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert
Director
1987
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
Director
1987
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
Director
1987
Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven
Director
1987
Liszt Annees de Pelerinage
Director
1986
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
Director
1985
Bach: St. John Passion
Director
1985
The Making Of West Side Story
Producer
1985
Andrea Chénier
Director
1985
Brahms The Piano Concertos
Director
1984
Die Fledermaus
Director
1984
Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
Director
1984
Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
Director
1984
Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7
Director
1983
Verdi: Requiem
Director
1982
Bernstein/Beethoven
Director
1982
Bernstein Beethoven Overtures
Director
1978
Marevna and Marika
as Himself
1978
BBC Young Musician
as Self - Host
1978
BBC Young Musician
Creator
1978
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Director
1977
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach
Director
1977
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
Director
1977
The Story of Pantomime
as Self
1976
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
as Presenter
1976
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
as Self - Host
1976
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
Director
1976
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
Director
1976
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
Director
1976
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
Director
1976
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
Director
1976