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.
Acting (11 movies)

New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
1976

Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976

The Golden Ring
1965

Gordon Jacob
1959

Glenn Gould: Hereafter
2006

La Stupenda
1991

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2009

Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
2008

Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
1971

The Story of Pantomime
1976

The Opera House
2017
Directing (71 movies)

Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
1972

Vincent in Brixton
2003

Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
1976
Eugene Onegin
1994

The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
1985

Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
1987

Die Fledermaus
1984

Ermione
1995

Die Entführung aus dem Serail
1987

Lulu
1996

Merry Christmas from Vienna
1996

Rodelinda
1998
Manon Lescaut
1997

Andrea Chénier
1985

Verdi: Requiem
1982

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
1989
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
2002

Boris Godunov
1990

Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert
1987
Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
1984

Candide
1988

War and Peace
1991

The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
1976

The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
1976

The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
1976

The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
1976

The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
1976

The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
1976

Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7
1983
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach
1977

Candide
1991
Falstaff
2000

Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
1984

Beethoven Symphony No. 9
1977

Liszt Annees de Pelerinage
1986

Bach The Cello Suites
2007

Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
2007

Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
2007

Mozart Requiem
1991

Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
2006

Rostropovich Life & Art
2007

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
1976

Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
1976

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
1973

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
2005

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
1975

Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5
1975

Bernstein Beethoven Overtures
1978

Brahms The Piano Concertos
1984

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

The Golden Ring
1965

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
1970

Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
1970

Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
1977

Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven
1987

Bach: St. John Passion
1985

Prince Igor
1990

Ode to Freedom
1989

Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
2009

A Gala Christmas in Vienna
1998

Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
2008

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
2010

Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel
2006

Mozart: Requiem
2007

Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)
2007

Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)
2007

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
2008

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
2008

Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
2008

Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
2006

Bernstein conducts Bernstein
2008
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Antonio Gaudí | 1961 | Producer | 
| Elgar: Portrait of a Composer | 1962 | Producer | 
| The Golden Ring | 1965 | Producer | 
| Benjamin Britten and His Festival | 1967 | Executive Producer | 
| Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein | 1970 | Writer | 
| Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein | 1970 | Producer | 
| Trouble in Tahiti | 1973 | Executive Producer | 
| The Marriage of Figaro | 1974 | Producer | 
| The Making Of West Side Story | 1985 | Producer | 
| The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek | 1991 | Producer |