Directing
Humphrey Burton
Directing · Born 1931-03-21 · Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
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.
Credits · 53
How the BBC Began
2022 · Self
FilmThe Opera House
2017 · Self - BBC Arts Reporter
FilmHaydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
2009 · Director
FilmGenius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2009 · Self (archival footage)
FilmBernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
2008 · Director
FilmRostropovich Life & Art
2007 · Director
FilmGlenn Gould: Hereafter
2006 · Self
FilmMahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
2005 · Director
FilmVincent in Brixton
2003 · Director
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
FilmThe Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
2002 · Director
Falstaff
FilmFalstaff
2000 · Director
FilmRodelinda
1998 · Director
Manon Lescaut
FilmManon Lescaut
1997 · Director
FilmMerry Christmas from Vienna
1996 · Director
FilmLulu
1996 · Director
FilmErmione
1995 · Director
Eugene Onegin
FilmEugene Onegin
1994 · Director
FilmCandide
1991 · Director
FilmThe Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
1991 · Producer
FilmWar and Peace
1991 · Director
FilmBoris Godunov
1990 · Director
FilmPrince Igor
1990 · Director
FilmCandide
1988 · Director
FilmDie Entführung aus dem Serail
1987 · Director
FilmHerbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
1987 · Director
FilmThe Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
1985 · Director
FilmThe Making Of West Side Story
1985 · Producer
FilmAndrea Chénier
1985 · Director
FilmDie Fledermaus
1984 · Director
Bernstein/Beethoven
1982 · Director
Marevna and Marika
FilmMarevna and Marika
1978 · Himself
BBC Young Musician
1978 · Self - Host
FilmLeonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
1977 · Director
FilmMahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
1976 · Director
FilmBernstein Mahler Rehearsal
1976 · Director
FilmThe Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
1976 · Director
FilmThe Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
1976 · Director
FilmThe Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
1976 · Director
FilmThe Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
1976 · Director
FilmThe Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
1976 · Director
FilmThe Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
1976 · Director
The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein
1976 · Consulting Producer
FilmThe Marriage of Figaro
1974 · Producer
FilmMahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
1973 · Director
FilmElton John: Mr. Superfunk
1971 · Self
FilmBeethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
1970 · Producer
FilmBernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
1970 · Director
Omnibus
1967 · Self - Presenter
Conversations with Glenn Gould
1966 · Interviewer
FilmThe Golden Ring
1965 · Himself - Narrator
FilmElgar
1962 · Producer
FilmAntonio Gaudí
1961 · Producer
FilmPelléas and Mélisande
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