Humphrey Burton

Known for: Directing
Born: March 21, 1931, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
Died: December 17, 2025
Movies: 94

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.

Upcoming Humphrey Burton Movies

5.0

Pelléas and Mélisande

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Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde

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Best-Known Movies

6.8

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

2009

7.1

Elgar

1962

8.2

The Making Of West Side Story

1985

7.8

Lulu

1996

8.2

Die Fledermaus

1984

8.2

The Opera House

2017

5.8

Die Entführung aus dem Serail

1987

7.3

Andrea Chénier

1985

7.3

Boris Godunov

1990

6.7

Antonio Gaudí

1961

Filmography

2017	The Opera House	Self - BBC Arts Reporter
2014	Karajan's Magic and Myth	Self
2013	Benjamin Britten on Camera	Self
2009	Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould	Self (archival footage)
2008	Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen	Self
2006	Glenn Gould: Hereafter	Self
1991	La Stupenda	Self
1978	Marevna and Marika	Himself
1976	The Story of Pantomime	Self
1976	New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By	Presenter
1976	Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema	Self - Host
1971	Elton John: Mr. Superfunk	Self
1965	The Golden Ring	Himself - Narrator
1959	Gordon Jacob	Commentator

Directing, Writing & Producing

2010	Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker	Director
2009	Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)	Director
2008	Bernstein conducts Bernstein	Director
2008	Bernstein \| Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5	Director
2008	Bernstein \| Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7	Director
2008	Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein	Director
2008	Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture	Director
2007	Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)	Director
2007	Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)	Director
2007	Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2	Director
2007	Bach The Cello Suites	Director
2007	Rostropovich Life & Art	Director
2007	Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5	Director
2007	Mozart: Requiem	Director
2006	Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel	Director
2006	Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 39 - Leonard Bernstein	Director
2006	Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate	Director
2006	Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem	Director
2006	Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem	Director
2005	Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde	Director
2003	Vincent in Brixton	Director
2002	The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland	Director
2000	Falstaff	Director
1998	A Gala Christmas in Vienna	Director
1998	Rodelinda	Director
1997	Manon Lescaut	Director
1996	Merry Christmas from Vienna	Director
1996	Lulu	Director
1995	Ermione	Director
1994	Eugene Onegin	Director
1991	Candide	Director
1991	The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek	Producer
1991	War and Peace	Director
1991	Mozart Requiem	Director
1990	Boris Godunov	Director
1990	Prince Igor	Director
1990	Charles Mingus: Epitaph	Director
1989	Ode to Freedom	Director
1989	Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide	Director
1988	Candide	Director
1987	Die Entführung aus dem Serail	Director
1987	Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert	Director
1987	Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987	Director
1987	Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987	Director
1987	Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven	Director
1986	Liszt Annees de Pelerinage	Director
1985	The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein	Director
1985	Bach: St. John Passion	Director
1985	The Making Of West Side Story	Producer
1985	Andrea Chénier	Director
1984	Brahms The Piano Concertos	Director
1984	Die Fledermaus	Director
1984	Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli	Director
1984	Bernstein Brahms Symphonies	Director
1983	Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7	Director
1982	Verdi: Requiem	Director
1978	Bernstein Beethoven Overtures	Director
1977	Beethoven Symphony No. 9	Director
1977	Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach	Director
1977	Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2	Director
1976	Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6	Director
1976	Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal	Director
1976	The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis	Director
1976	The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth	Director
1976	The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology	Director
1976	The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax	Director
1976	The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics	Director
1976	The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity	Director
1976	Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives	Director
1975	Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8	Director
1975	Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5	Director
1974	The Marriage of Figaro	Producer
1973	Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral	Director
1973	Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3	Director
1972	Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction	Director
1970	Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein	Producer, Director, Writer
1970	Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony	Director
1965	The Golden Ring	Producer, Director
1962	Elgar	Producer
1961	Antonio Gaudí	Producer

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