Humphrey Burton

Director

Born: March 21, 1931
Died: December 17, 2025 (age 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…

Filmography (88)

The Opera House (2017)
Self - BBC Arts Reporter
Karajan's Magic and Myth
Karajan's Magic and Myth (2014)
Self
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker (2010)
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Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein) (2009)
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Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (2009)
Self (archival footage)
Bernstein conducts Bernstein (2008)
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Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5 (2008)
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Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7 (2008)
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Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein (2008)
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Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen (2008)
Self
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture (2008)
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Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss) (2007)
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Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn) (2007)
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Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2 (2007)
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Bach The Cello Suites (2007)
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Rostropovich Life & Art (2007)
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Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 (2007)
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Mozart: Requiem (2007)
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Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel (2006)
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Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate (2006)
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Glenn Gould: Hereafter (2006)
Self
Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem (2006)
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Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem (2006)
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Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde (2005)
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Vincent in Brixton (2003)
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The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland (2002)
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Falstaff
Falstaff (2000)
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A Gala Christmas in Vienna (1998)
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Rodelinda (1998)
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Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut (1997)
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