Humphrey Burton
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
The Making Of West Side Story
Producer
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Self (archival footage)
Elgar
Producer
The Opera House
Self - BBC Arts Reporter
Die Fledermaus
Director
Lulu
Director
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
Self
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
Director
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Filmography
Acting (17)
Movies (13)
The Opera House
2017as Self - BBC Arts Reporter
Karajan's Magic and Myth
2014as Self
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2009as Self (archival footage)
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
2008as Self
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
2006as Self
La Stupenda
1991as Self
Marevna and Marika
1978as Himself
The Story of Pantomime
1976as Self
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
1976as Presenter
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976as Self - Host
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
1971as Self
The Golden Ring
1965as Himself - Narrator
Gordon Jacob
1959as Commentator
Crew (88)
Movies (86)
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
2010Director
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
2009Director
Charles Mingus: Epitaph
2009Director
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
2008Director
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
2008Director
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
2008Director
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
2008Director
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
2008Director
Bach The Cello Suites
2007Director
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
2007Director
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)
2007Director
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
2007Director
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)
2007Director
Rostropovich Life & Art
2007Director
Mozart: Requiem
2007Director
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
2006Director
Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel
2006Director
Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
2006Director
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
2006Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
2005Director
Vincent in Brixton
2003Director
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
2002Director
Falstaff
2000Director
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
1998Director
Rodelinda
1998Director
Manon Lescaut
1997Director
Merry Christmas from Vienna
1996Director
Lulu
1996Director
Ermione
1995Director
Eugene Onegin
1994Director
War and Peace
1991Director
Candide
1991Director
Mozart Requiem
1991Director
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
1991Producer
Boris Godunov
1990Director
Prince Igor
1990Director
Ode to Freedom
1989Director
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
1989Director
Candide
1988Director
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
1987Director
Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven
1987Director
Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert
1987Director
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
1987Director
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
1987Director
Liszt Annees de Pelerinage
1986Director
Andrea Chénier
1985Director
Bach: St. John Passion
1985Director
The Making Of West Side Story
1985Producer
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
1985Director
Die Fledermaus
1984Director
Brahms The Piano Concertos
1984Director
Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
1984Director
Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
1984Director
Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7
1983Director
Verdi: Requiem
1982Director
Bernstein Beethoven Overtures
1978Director
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
1977Director
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach
1977Director
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
1977Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
1976Director
The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
1976Director
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
1976Director
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
1976Director
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
1976Director
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
1976Director
The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
1976Director
Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
1976Director
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
1976Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
1975Director
Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5
1975Director
The Marriage of Figaro
1974Producer
Trouble in Tahiti
1973Executive Producer
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral
1973Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
1973Director
Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
1972Director
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
1970Director
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
1970Director
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
1970Producer
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
1970Writer
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
1967Executive Producer
The Golden Ring
1965Director
The Golden Ring
1965Producer
Elgar
1962Producer
Antonio Gaudí
1961Producer
Pelléas and Mélisande
Director
Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde
Director
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