Humphrey Burton

Known for: Directing

Born: 1931-03-21 – 2025-12-17 (aged 94)

From: 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.

Filmography (17)

TV
How the BBC Began
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.2
The Opera House
2017
as Self - BBC Arts Reporter
MOVIE
Karajan's Magic and Myth
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2009
as Self (archival footage)
MOVIE
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
2006
as Self
MOVIE
La Stupenda
1991
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Marevna and Marika
1978
as Himself
TV★ 10.0
BBC Young Musician
1978
as Self - Host
MOVIE
The Story of Pantomime
1976
as Self
MOVIE
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
1976
as Presenter
MOVIE
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 10.0
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
1971
as Self
TV★ 7.2
Omnibus
1967
as Self - Presenter
TV
Conversations with Glenn Gould
1966
as Interviewer
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Golden Ring
1965
as Himself - Narrator
MOVIE
Gordon Jacob
1959
as Commentator