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Known For: Directing
Born: March 21, 1931
Place of Birth: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
Died: December 17, 2025

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.

Filmography

How the BBC Began

2022 · Self

The Opera House

2017 · Self - BBC Arts Reporter

Karajan's Magic and Myth

Karajan's Magic and Myth

2014 · Self

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker

2010 · Director

Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)

2009 · Director

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

2009 · Self (archival footage)

Bernstein conducts Bernstein

2008 · Director

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5

2008 · Director

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7

2008 · Director

Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein

2008 · Director

Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen

2008 · Self

Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture

2008 · Director

Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)

2007 · Director

Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)

2007 · Director

Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2

2007 · Director

Bach The Cello Suites

2007 · Director

Rostropovich Life & Art

2007 · Director

Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5

2007 · Director

Mozart: Requiem

2007 · Director

Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel

2006 · Director

Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate

2006 · Director

Glenn Gould: Hereafter

2006 · Self

Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem

2006 · Director

Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem

2006 · Director

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde

2005 · Director

Vincent in Brixton

2003 · Director

The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland

The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland

2002 · Director

Falstaff

2000 · Director

A Gala Christmas in Vienna

1998 · Director

Rodelinda

1998 · Director

Manon Lescaut

1997 · Director

Merry Christmas from Vienna

1996 · Director

Lulu

1996 · Director

Ermione

1995 · Director

Eugene Onegin

1994 · Director

Candide

1991 · Director

La Stupenda

1991 · Self

The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek

1991 · Producer

War and Peace

1991 · Director

Mozart Requiem

1991 · Director

Boris Godunov

1990 · Director

Prince Igor

1990 · Director

Charles Mingus: Epitaph

1990 · Director

Ode to Freedom

1989 · Director

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

1989 · Director

Candide

1988 · Director

Die Entführung aus dem Serail

1987 · Director

Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert

1987 · Director

Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987

1987 · Director

Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987

1987 · Director

Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven

1987 · Director

Liszt Annees de Pelerinage

1986 · Director

The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein

1985 · Director

Bach: St. John Passion

1985 · Director

The Making Of West Side Story

1985 · Producer

Andrea Chénier

1985 · Director

Brahms The Piano Concertos

1984 · Director

Die Fledermaus

1984 · Director

Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli

1984 · Director

Bernstein Brahms Symphonies

1984 · Director

Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7

1983 · Director

Verdi: Requiem

1982 · Director

Bernstein/Beethoven

1982 · Director

Bernstein Beethoven Overtures

1978 · Director

Marevna and Marika

Marevna and Marika

1978 · Himself

BBC Young Musician

1978 · Self - Host, Creator

Beethoven Symphony No. 9

1977 · Director

Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach

Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach

1977 · Director

Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2

1977 · Director

The Story of Pantomime

1976 · Self

New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By

1976 · Presenter

Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

1976 · Self - Host

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6

1976 · Director

Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal

1976 · Director

The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis

1976 · Director

The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth

1976 · Director

The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology

1976 · Director

The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax

1976 · Director

The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics

1976 · Director

The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity

1976 · Director

The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein

1976 · Consulting Producer

Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives

1976 · Director

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

1975 · Director

Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5

1975 · Director

The Marriage of Figaro

1974 · Producer

Trouble in Tahiti

1973 · Executive Producer

Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral

1973 · Director

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3

1973 · Director

Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction

1972 · Director

Elton John: Mr. Superfunk

1971 · Self

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein

1970 · Producer, Director, Writer

Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony

1970 · Director

Benjamin Britten and His Festival

1967 · Executive Producer

Omnibus

1967 · Self - Presenter

Conversations with Glenn Gould

1966 · Interviewer

The Golden Ring

1965 · Himself - Narrator, Producer, Director

Elgar

1962 · Producer

Antonio Gaudí

1961 · Producer

Gordon Jacob

1959 · Commentator

Pelléas and Mélisande

— · Director

Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde

— · Director

Humphrey Burton · Virelixia