Directing
Humphrey Burton
21 March 1931† 17 December 2025 (aged 94) Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Directed
- 78
- Written
- 1
- Produced
- 7
- Movies
- 14
- Shows
- 4
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
- Upcoming
- Pelléas and Mélisande · Film · Director
- Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde · Film · Director
- 2022
- How the BBC Began · Series
- 2017
- The Opera House · Film · BBC Arts Reporter
- 2014
- Karajan's Magic and Myth · Film
- 2013
- Benjamin Britten on Camera · Film
- 2010
- 2009
- Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould · Film
- Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein) · Film · Director
- 2008
- Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen · Film
- Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5 · Film · Director
- Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein · Film · Director
- Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7 · Film · Director
- Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture · Film · Director
- Bernstein conducts Bernstein · Film · Director
- 2007
- Rostropovich Life & Art · Film · Director
- Bach The Cello Suites · Film · Director
- Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 · Film · Director
- Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2 · Film · Director
- Mozart: Requiem · Film · Director
- Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss) · Film · Director
- Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn) · Film · Director
- 2006
- Glenn Gould: Hereafter · Film
- Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate · Film · Director
- Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel · Film · Director
- Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem · Film · Director
- Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem · Film · Director
- Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 39 - Leonard Bernstein · Film · Director
- 2005
- Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde · Film · Director
- 2003
- Vincent in Brixton · Film · Director
- 2002
- The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland · Film · Director
- 2000
- Falstaff · Film · Director
- 1998
- Rodelinda · Film · Director
- A Gala Christmas in Vienna · Film · Director
- 1997
- Manon Lescaut · Film · Director
- 1996
- Lulu · Film · Director
- Merry Christmas from Vienna · Film · Director
- 1995
- Ermione · Film · Director
- 1994
- Eugene Onegin · Film · Director
- 1991
- La Stupenda · Film
- Candide · Film · Director
- The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek · Film · Producer
- War and Peace · Film · Director
- Mozart Requiem · Film · Director
- 1990
- Boris Godunov · Film · Director
- Prince Igor · Film · Director
- Charles Mingus: Epitaph · Film · Director
- 1989
- Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide · Film · Director
- Ode to Freedom · Film · Director
- 1988
- Candide · Film · Director
- 1987
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail · Film · Director
- Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987 · Film · Director
- Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987 · Film · Director
- Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert · Film · Director
- Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven · Film · Director
- 1986
- Liszt Annees de Pelerinage · Film · Director
- 1985
- The Making Of West Side Story · Film · Producer
- Andrea Chénier · Film · Director
- The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein · Film · Director
- Bach: St. John Passion · Film · Director
- 1984
- Die Fledermaus · Film · Director
- Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli · Film · Director
- Bernstein Brahms Symphonies · Film · Director
- Brahms The Piano Concertos · Film · Director
- 1983
- Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7 · Film · Director
- 1982
- Bernstein/Beethoven · Series · Director
- Verdi: Requiem · Film · Director
- 1978
- Marevna and Marika · Film
- BBC Young Musician · Series · Host
- BBC Young Musician · Series · Creator
- Bernstein Beethoven Overtures · Film · Director
- 1977
- Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2 · Film · Director
- Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach · Film · Director
- Beethoven Symphony No. 9 · Film · Director
- 1976
- The Story of Pantomime · Film
- New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By · Film · Presenter
- Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema · Film · Host
- The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis · Film · Director
- The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology · Film · Director
- The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth · Film · Director
- The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax · Film · Director
- The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics · Film · Director
- The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity · Film · Director
- Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 · Film · Director
- Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal · Film · Director
- Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives · Film · Director
- The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein · Series · Consulting Producer
- 1975
- Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 · Film · Director
- Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5 · Film · Director
- 1974
- The Marriage of Figaro · Film · Producer
- 1973
- Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3 · Film · Director
- Trouble in Tahiti · Film · Executive Producer
- Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral · Film · Director
- 1972
- Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction · Film · Director
- 1971
- Elton John: Mr. Superfunk · Film
- 1970
- Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony · Film · Director
- Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein · Film · Producer
- 1967
- Omnibus · Series · Presenter
- Benjamin Britten and His Festival · Film · Executive Producer
- 1966
- Conversations with Glenn Gould · Series · Interviewer
- 1965
- The Golden Ring · Film · Narrator
- The Golden Ring · Film · Producer
- 1962
- Elgar · Film · Producer
- 1961
- Antonio Gaudí · Film · Producer
- 1959
- Gordon Jacob · Film · Commentator