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 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
- Directing
- Born
- 1931-03-21 · Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Died
- 2025-12-17
Known for
- Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (2009) — Self (archival footage)
- Elgar (1962) — Producer
- Omnibus (1967) — Self - Presenter
- The Making Of West Side Story (1985) — Producer
- Lulu (1996) — Director
- Die Fledermaus (1984) — Director
- The Opera House (2017) — Self - BBC Arts Reporter
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1987) — Director
- Andrea Chénier (1985) — Director
- Boris Godunov (1990) — Director
- Antonio Gaudí (1961) — Producer
- Glenn Gould: Hereafter (2006) — Self
- The Marriage of Figaro (1974) — Producer
- The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein (1985) — Director
- Ermione (1995) — Director
- The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland (2002) — Director