Humphrey Burton
Directing · Executive Producer · Producer · Director
Born Mar 21, 1931 · Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
Active 1959–2025 · Awards: Emmy Award, Radio Academy Awards, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Knight Bachelor, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
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…
Filmography
Pelléas and Mélisande — DirectorMahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde (2005) — DirectorThe Return of Ulysses to his Homeland (2002) — DirectorManon Lescaut (1997) — DirectorLulu (1996) — DirectorEugene Onegin (1994) — DirectorWar and Peace (1991) — DirectorCandide (1988) — DirectorThe Making Of West Side Story (1985) — ProducerThe Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein (1985) — DirectorDie Fledermaus (1984) — DirectorBBC Young Musician (1978) — CreatorLeonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2 (1977) — DirectorBeethoven Symphony No. 9 (1977) — DirectorMahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 (1976) — DirectorThe Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology (1976) — DirectorThe Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth (1976) — DirectorThe Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax (1976) — DirectorThe Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics (1976) — DirectorThe Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity (1976) — DirectorMahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (1973) — DirectorBernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony (1970) — DirectorBeethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein (1970) — Producer · Writer · DirectorElgar (1962) — Producer