Directing
Humphrey Burton
Birth Date
March 21, 1931
Death Date
December 17, 2025
(passed away at 94)
Place of Birth
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
Popularity
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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.
Omnibus
Self - Presenter
1967 • 1 episode
BBC Young Musician
Self - Host
1978 • 1 episode
Gordon Jacob
Commentator
1959
How the BBC Began
Self
2022 • 3 episodes
The Opera House
Self - BBC Arts Reporter
2017
The Golden Ring
Himself - Narrator
1965
The Story of Pantomime
Self
1976
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self - Host
1976
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Self (archival footage)
2009
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
Self
1971
Conversations with Glenn Gould
Interviewer
1966 • 4 episodes
Karajan's Magic and Myth
Self
2014
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Self
2008
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
Presenter
1976
La Stupenda
Self
1991
Marevna and Marika
Himself
1978
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
Self
2006