Directing
Humphrey Burton
FR, DE, EN, IT cinema · 98 credits
Born
21 March 1931
Died
17 December 2025 (aged 94)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
Pelléas and Mélisande
Director
The Opera House
as Self - BBC Arts Reporter
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
Director
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
as Self (archival footage)
Vincent in Brixton
Director
Falstaff
2000
Falstaff
Director
Rodelinda
Director
Lulu
Director
Ermione
Director
War and Peace
Director
Candide
Director
Mozart Requiem
Director
Boris Godunov
Director
Prince Igor
Director
Ode to Freedom
Director
Candide
Director
Andrea Chénier
Director
Die Fledermaus
Director
Verdi: Requiem
Director
A Question Of Faith
Producer
Trouble in Tahiti
Executive Producer
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral
Director
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
Producer, Director, Writer
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
Executive Producer
The Golden Ring
as Himself - Narrator, Producer, Director
Elgar
Producer
Antonio Gaudí
Producer
Gordon Jacob
as Commentator