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Humphrey Burton
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...
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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.
Movies
Known for
The Making Of West Side Story1985 · Producer4.3
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde2005 · Director5.0
Die Fledermaus1984 · Director4.1
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk1971 · Self5.0
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony1970 · Director5.0
Elgar1962 · Producer3.5
War and Peace1991 · Director5.0
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 31973 · Director5.0Cast
Cast credits
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk1971 · Self5.0
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould2009 · Self (archival footage)3.4
The Opera House2017 · Self - BBC Arts Reporter4.1
Glenn Gould: Hereafter2006 · Self4.0
The Golden Ring1965 · Himself - Narrator3.5MMarevna and Marika1978 · Himself4.0
The Story of Pantomime1976 · Self
Gordon Jacob1959 · Commentator
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema1976 · Self - Host
La Stupenda1991 · Self
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By1976 · Presenter
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen2008 · SelfKKarajan's Magic and Myth2014 · SelfCrew
Crew credits
The Making Of West Side Story1985 · Producer4.3Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde2005 · Director5.0Die Fledermaus1984 · Director4.1Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony1970 · Director5.0Elgar1962 · Producer3.5War and Peace1991 · Director5.0Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 31973 · Director5.0
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 21977 · Director5.0
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 61976 · Director5.0
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology1976 · Director4.5
Lulu1996 · Director3.9
Andrea Chénier1985 · Director3.7
Boris Godunov1990 · Director3.7
Candide1988 · Director4.5
The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax1976 · Director4.5
The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics1976 · Director4.5
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth1976 · Director4.5
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity1976 · Director4.5