Humphrey Burton
Directing • Born 1931-03-21 – Died 2025-12-17
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.
Filmography
17 credits
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Movie • 1976
Self - Host
The Golden Ring
Movie • 1965
Himself - Narrator
Gordon Jacob
Movie • 1959
Commentator
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
Movie • 2006
Self
Marevna and Marika
Movie • 1978
Himself
Karajan's Magic and Myth
Movie • 2014
Self
La Stupenda
Movie • 1991
Self
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Movie • 2009
Self (archival footage)
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Movie • 2008
Self
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
Movie • 1971
Self
The Story of Pantomime
Movie • 1976
Self
The Opera House
Movie • 2017
Self - BBC Arts Reporter
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
Movie • 1976
Presenter
How the BBC Began
TV • 2022
Self
BBC Young Musician
TV • 1978
Self - Host
Conversations with Glenn Gould
TV • 1966
Interviewer
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Self - Presenter