7Directing
Humphrey Burton
- Born
- 1931-03-21
- Died
- 2025-12-17
- Birthplace
- Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
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
103 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
How the BBC Began
2022 · TV Show
Self
The Opera House
2017 · Movie
Self - BBC Arts Reporter
Karajan's Magic and Myth
2014 · Movie
Self
Benjamin Britten on Camera
2013 · Movie
Self
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
2010 · Movie
Director
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2009 · Movie
Self (archival footage)
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
2009 · Movie
Director
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
2008 · Movie
Director
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
2008 · Movie
Director
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
2008 · Movie
Director
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
2008 · Movie
Self
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
2008 · Movie
Director
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
2008 · Movie
Director
Bach The Cello Suites
2007 · Movie
Director
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
2007 · Movie
Director
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
2007 · Movie
Director
Mozart: Requiem
2007 · Movie
Director
Rostropovich Life & Art
2007 · Movie
Director
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)
2007 · Movie
Director
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)
2007 · Movie
Director
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
2006 · Movie
Director
Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
2006 · Movie
Director
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
2006 · Movie
Self
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
2006 · Movie
Director
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 39 - Leonard Bernstein
2006 · Movie
Director
Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel
2006 · Movie
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
2005 · Movie
Director
Vincent in Brixton
2003 · Movie
Director
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
2002 · Movie
Director
Falstaff
2000 · Movie
Director
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
1998 · Movie
Director
Rodelinda
1998 · Movie
Director
Manon Lescaut
1997 · Movie
Director
Lulu
1996 · Movie
Director
Merry Christmas from Vienna
1996 · Movie
Director
Ermione
1995 · Movie
Director
Eugene Onegin
1994 · Movie
Director
Candide
1991 · Movie
Director
La Stupenda
1991 · Movie
Self
Mozart Requiem
1991 · Movie
Director
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
1991 · Movie
Producer
War and Peace
1991 · Movie
Director
Boris Godunov
1990 · Movie
Director
Charles Mingus: Epitaph
1990 · Movie
Director
Prince Igor
1990 · Movie
Director
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
1989 · Movie
Director
Ode to Freedom
1989 · Movie
Director
Candide
1988 · Movie
Director
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
1987 · Movie
Director
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
1987 · Movie
Director
Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven
1987 · Movie
Director
Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert
1987 · Movie
Director
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
1987 · Movie
Director
Liszt Annees de Pelerinage
1986 · Movie
Director
Andrea Chénier
1985 · Movie
Director
Bach: St. John Passion
1985 · Movie
Director
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
1985 · Movie
Director
The Making Of West Side Story
1985 · Movie
Producer
Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
1984 · Movie
Director
Brahms The Piano Concertos
1984 · Movie
Director
Die Fledermaus
1984 · Movie
Director
Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
1984 · Movie
Director
Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7
1983 · Movie
Director
Bernstein/Beethoven
1982 · TV Show
Director
Verdi: Requiem
1982 · Movie
Director
BBC Young Musician
1978 · TV Show
Self - Host · Creator
Bernstein Beethoven Overtures
1978 · Movie
Director
Marevna and Marika
1978 · Movie
Himself
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
1977 · Movie
Director
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach
1977 · Movie
Director
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
1977 · Movie
Director
Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
1976 · Movie
Director
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
1976 · Movie
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
1976 · Movie
Director
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
1976 · Movie
Presenter
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976 · Movie
Self - Host
The Story of Pantomime
1976 · Movie
Self
The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein
1976 · TV Show
Consulting Producer
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
1976 · Movie
Director
The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
1976 · Movie
Director
The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
1976 · Movie
Director
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
1976 · Movie
Director
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
1976 · Movie
Director
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
1976 · Movie
Director
Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5
1975 · Movie
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
1975 · Movie
Director
The Marriage of Figaro
1974 · Movie
Producer
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
1973 · Movie
Director
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral
1973 · Movie
Director
Trouble in Tahiti
1973 · Movie
Executive Producer
Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
1972 · Movie
Director
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
1971 · Movie
Self
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
1970 · Movie
Writer · Director · Producer
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
1970 · Movie
Director
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
1967 · Movie
Executive Producer
Omnibus
1967 · TV Show
Self - Presenter
Conversations with Glenn Gould
1966 · TV Show
Interviewer
The Golden Ring
1965 · Movie
Himself - Narrator · Producer · Director
Elgar
1962 · Movie
Producer
Antonio Gaudí
1961 · Movie
Producer
Gordon Jacob
1959 · Movie
Commentator
Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde
Date unknown · Movie
Director
Pelléas and Mélisande
Date unknown · Movie
Director