Humphrey Burton

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. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous

Most Famous Work

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Beethoven Symphony No. 9

(1977) Director

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Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony

(1970) Director

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Merry Christmas from Vienna

(1996) Director

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

(2005) Director

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Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal

(1976) Director

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Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3

(1973) Director

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BBC Young Musician

(1978) Creator

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The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein

(1976) Consulting Producer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2022	Self	How the BBC Began 2022-10-22 TV Show
2014	Self	Karajan's Magic and Myth 2014-12-05 Movie
2009	Self (archival footage)	Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould 2009-09-13 Movie
2008	Self	Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen 2008-04-07 Movie
2006	Self	Glenn Gould: Hereafter 2006-04-29 Movie
1991	Self	La Stupenda 1991-06-11 Movie
1978	Self - Host	BBC Young Musician 1978-02-07 TV Show
1976	Self	The Story of Pantomime 1976-12-23 Movie
	Self - Host	Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema 1976-12-02 Movie
1971	Self	Elton John: Mr. Superfunk 1971-04-03 Movie
1959	Commentator	Gordon Jacob 1959-03-29 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2009	Director	Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein) 2009-09-14 Movie
2007	Director	Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2 2007-10-07 Movie
	Director	Bach The Cello Suites 2007-05-09 Movie
	Director	Rostropovich Life & Art 2007-02-05 Movie
	Director	Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 2007-01-09 Movie
2006	Director	Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate 2006-06-03 Movie
2005	Director	Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde 2005-11-22 Movie
2003	Director	Vincent in Brixton 2003-03-20 Movie
2002	Director	The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland 2002-07-15 Movie
1998	Director	Rodelinda 1998-06-30 Movie
1997	Director	Manon Lescaut 1997-05-18 Movie
1996	Director	Merry Christmas from Vienna 1996-12-24 Movie
	Director	Lulu 1996-07-15 Movie
1995	Director	Ermione 1995-06-03 Movie
1994	Director	Eugene Onegin 1994-01-01 Movie
1991	Director	Candide 1991-10-15 Movie
	Director	Mozart Requiem 1991-01-01 Movie
	Director	War and Peace 1991-01-01 Movie
1990	Director	Prince Igor 1990-01-01 Movie
	Director	Boris Godunov 1990-01-01 Movie
1989	Director	Ode to Freedom 1989-12-25 Movie
1988	Director	Candide 1988-10-01 Movie
1987	Director	Die Entführung aus dem Serail 1987-11-27 Movie
	Director	Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987 1987-01-03 Movie
	Director	Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven 1987-01-01 Movie
	Director	Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987 1987-01-01 Movie
1986	Director	Liszt Annees de Pelerinage 1986-01-01 Movie
1985	Director	Little Drummer Boy: Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein 1985-11-01 Movie
	Director	Bach: St. John Passion 1985-06-30 Movie
	Director	Andrea Chénier 1985-05-01 Movie
1984	Director	Brahms The Piano Concertos 1984-12-11 Movie
	Director	Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli 1984-01-01 Movie
	Director	Bernstein Brahms Symphonies 1984-01-01 Movie
	Director	Die Fledermaus 1984-01-01 Movie
1982	Director	Verdi: Requiem 1982-08-01 Movie
1978	Director	Bernstein Beethoven Overtures 1978-11-30 Movie
1977	Director	Beethoven Symphony No. 9 1977-12-31 Movie
	Director	Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach 1977-01-01 Movie
	Director	Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2 1977-01-01 Movie
1976	Director	Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 1976-08-22 Movie
	Director	Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal 1976-07-08 Movie
	Director	The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis 1976-01-11 Movie
	Director	The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth 1976-01-11 Movie
	Director	The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics 1976-01-11 Movie
	Director	The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity 1976-01-11 Movie
	Director	The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax 1976-01-11 Movie
	Director	The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology 1976-01-11 Movie
	Director	Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives 1976-01-01 Movie
1975	Director	Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5 1975-07-17 Movie
	Director	Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 1975-07-17 Movie
1973	Director	Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3 1973-08-17 Movie
1972	Director	Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction 1972-01-01 Movie
1970	Director	Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein 1970-12-16 Movie
	Director	Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony 1970-04-04 Movie
1965	Director	The Golden Ring 1965-12-26 Movie
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Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1991	Producer	The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek 1991-02-08 Movie
1985	Producer	The Making Of West Side Story 1985-05-01 Movie
1976	Consulting Producer	The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein 1976-01-11 TV Show
1974	Producer	The Marriage of Figaro 1974-05-21 Movie
1973	Executive Producer	Trouble in Tahiti 1973-12-23 Movie
1970	Producer	Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein 1970-12-16 Movie
1961	Producer	Antonio Gaudí 1961-03-12 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Creator

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1978	Creator	BBC Young Musician 1978-02-07 TV Show
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Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1970	Writer	Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein 1970-12-16 Movie
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