Humphrey Burton
DirectingAuthor, 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
The Story of Pantomime
Self
The Opera House
Self - BBC Arts Reporter
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Self (archival footage)
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
Self
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self - Host
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Self
The Golden Ring
Himself - Narrator
La Stupenda
Self
Filmography — Acting
The Story of Pantomime
Self
The Opera House
Self - BBC Arts Reporter
Karajan's Magic and Myth
Self
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Self (archival footage)
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
Self
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self - Host
Marevna and Marika
Himself
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Self
The Golden Ring
Himself - Narrator
La Stupenda
Self
Gordon Jacob
Commentator
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
Presenter
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
Self
Filmography — Crew
Boris Godunov
Director
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Director
Candide
Director
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
Director
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
Director
Falstaff
Director
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
Director
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Director
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
Director
Vincent in Brixton
Director
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
Producer
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
Director
Mozart Requiem
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
Director
Die Fledermaus
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Director
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
Director
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
Producer
The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
Director
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
Director
The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
Director
Bach The Cello Suites
Director
Ermione
Director
Lulu
Director
War and Peace
Director
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral
Director
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
Director
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
Director
Rodelinda
Director
The Making Of West Side Story
Producer
Andrea Chénier
Director
Candide
Director
Eugene Onegin
Director
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
Director
Elgar
Producer
Charles Mingus: Epitaph
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
Director
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
Director
Antonio Gaudí
Producer
Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5
Director
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
Director
Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
Director
The Marriage of Figaro
Producer
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
Director
Manon Lescaut
Director
Merry Christmas from Vienna
Director
The Golden Ring
Producer
Verdi: Requiem
Director
Ode to Freedom
Director
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
Director
Prince Igor
Director
Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
Director
Rostropovich Life & Art
Director
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
Director
Brahms The Piano Concertos
Director
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)
Director
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
Director
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
Director
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
Director
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach
Director
Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde
Director
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
Director
Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
Director
Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
Director
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
Director
Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven
Director
Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel
Director
Bernstein Beethoven Overtures
Director
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)
Director
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
Director
Bach: St. John Passion
Director
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
Director
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
Director
Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert
Director
Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7
Director
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
Director
Pelléas and Mélisande
Director
Liszt Annees de Pelerinage
Director
Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
Director
Mozart: Requiem
Director