Humphrey Burton
Known for Directing
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Born March 21, 1931
Died December 17, 2025
Place of Birth Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Boris Godunov
1990
Director
The Story of Pantomime
1976
as Self
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
1977
Director
Candide
1991
Director
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
1976
Director
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The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
2002
Director
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Falstaff
2000
Director
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
1989
Director
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
1987
Director
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
1976
Director
Vincent in Brixton
2003
Director
The Opera House
2017
as Self - BBC Arts Reporter
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
1991
Producer
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Karajan's Magic and Myth
2014
as Self
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
2008
Director
Mozart Requiem
1991
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
1973
Director
Die Fledermaus
1984
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
1975
Director
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
1977
Director
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