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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Born / DiedMar 21, 1931 (Died at 94)
Zodiac Sign♈Aries
Place of BirthTrowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
Career Span1959 – 2025
Known Credits96 Titles
Official Links
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DirectingPopularity Score 0.7

Humphrey Burton

Total Works

96

90 movies • 6 shows

Avg Rating

—

across rated releases

Box Office

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worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 96 titles featuring Humphrey Burton

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
6.8

as Self (archival footage)

Elgar
7.1
Elgar
1962•movie

Role: Producer

Omnibus
7.2
1 eps
Omnibus
1967•series

as Self - Presenter

The Making Of West Side Story
8.2

Role: Producer

Lulu
7.8
Lulu
1996•movie

Role: Director

Die Fledermaus
8.2
Die Fledermaus
1984•movie

Role: Director

The Opera House
8.2
The Opera House
2017•movie

as Self - BBC Arts Reporter

Die Entführung aus dem Serail
5.8

Role: Director

Andrea Chénier
7.3
Andrea Chénier
1985•movie

Role: Director

Boris Godunov
7.3
Boris Godunov
1990•movie

Role: Director

Antonio Gaudí
6.7
Antonio Gaudí
1961•movie

Role: Producer

Glenn Gould: Hereafter
8.0

as Self

The Marriage of Figaro
5.2

Role: Producer

The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
8.0

Role: Director

Ermione
8.0
Ermione
1995•movie

Role: Director

The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
8.5

Role: Director

The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
9.0

Role: Director

Candide
7.5
Candide
1991•movie

Role: Director

The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
8.0

Role: Producer

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
7.5

Role: Director

Pelléas and Mélisande
5.0

Role: Director

The Golden Ring
7.0
The Golden Ring
1965•movie

as Himself - Narrator

Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
10.0

as Self

BBC Young Musician
10.0
1 eps
BBC Young Musician
1978•series

as Self - Host

Vincent in Brixton
6.0
Vincent in Brixton
2003•movie

Role: Director

Merry Christmas from Vienna
8.0

Role: Director

Rodelinda
7.0
Rodelinda
1998•movie

Role: Director

Candide
9.0
Candide
1988•movie

Role: Director

War and Peace
10.0
War and Peace
1991•movie

Role: Director

The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
9.0

Role: Director

The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
9.0

Role: Director

The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
9.0

Role: Director

The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
9.0

Role: Director

Rostropovich Life & Art
7.0

Role: Director

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
10.0

Role: Director

Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
7.0

Role: Director

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
10.0

Role: Director

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
10.0

Role: Director

Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
7.0

Role: Director

Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
10.0

Role: Director

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
9.0

Role: Producer

Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
10.0

Role: Director

Prince Igor
8.0
Prince Igor
1990•movie

Role: Director

Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
7.0

Role: Director

Bernstein/Beethoven
8.0
Bernstein/Beethoven
1982•series

Role: Director

Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

as Self - Host

Gordon Jacob
Gordon Jacob
1959•movie

as Commentator

La Stupenda
La Stupenda
1991•movie

as Self

Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen

as Self

The Story of Pantomime

as Self

New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By

as Presenter

Benjamin Britten on Camera

as Self

How the BBC Began
7.0
3 eps
How the BBC Began
2022•series

as Self

Conversations with Glenn Gould
4 eps

as Interviewer

Trouble in Tahiti
Trouble in Tahiti
1973•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction

Role: Director

Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives

Role: Director

Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987

Role: Director

Verdi: Requiem
Verdi: Requiem
1982•movie

Role: Director

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

Role: Director

Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert

Role: Director

Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli

Role: Director

Benjamin Britten and His Festival

Role: Executive Producer

Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7

Role: Director

Bernstein Brahms Symphonies

Role: Director

Beethoven Symphony No. 9
9.0

Role: Director

Liszt Annees de Pelerinage

Role: Director

Bach The Cello Suites

Role: Director

Mozart Requiem
Mozart Requiem
1991•movie

Role: Director

Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5

Role: Director

Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2

Role: Director

Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate

Role: Director

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

Role: Director

Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5

Role: Director

Bernstein Beethoven Overtures

Role: Director

Brahms The Piano Concertos

Role: Director

Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven

Role: Director

Bach: St. John Passion

Role: Director

Ode to Freedom
Ode to Freedom
1989•movie

Role: Director

A Gala Christmas in Vienna

Role: Director

Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein

Role: Director

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker

Role: Director

Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel

Role: Director

Mozart: Requiem
Mozart: Requiem
2007•movie

Role: Director

Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)

Role: Director

Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)

Role: Director

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7

Role: Director

Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture

Role: Director

Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem

Role: Director

Bernstein conducts Bernstein

Role: Director

Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral

Role: Director

Charles Mingus: Epitaph

Role: Director

Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem

Role: Director

Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde

Role: Director

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 39 - Leonard Bernstein

Role: Director

The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein

Role: Consulting Producer