Humphrey Burton
Director
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.
As Director
Lulu
1996
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
1985
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
1987
Andrea Chénier
1985
Boris Godunov
1990
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
1976
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
2008
Vincent in Brixton
2003
Ermione
1995
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
2002
Candide
1988Filmography
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
as Self (archival footage) 2009
The Opera House
as Self - BBC Arts Reporter 2017
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
as Self 2006
The Golden Ring
as Himself - Narrator 1965
Marevna and Marika
as Himself 1978
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
as Self 1971
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
as Presenter 1976
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
as Self - Host 1976
Gordon Jacob
as Commentator 1959
Karajan's Magic and Myth
as Self 2014
La Stupenda
as Self 1991
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
as Self 2008