Humphrey Burton
Born
March 21, 1931 (94 years old)
Known For
Directing
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.
Known For
How the BBC Began
Self · (3 episodes)
2022
The Opera House
Self - BBC Arts Reporter
2017
Karajan's Magic and Myth
Self
2014
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Self (archival footage)
2009
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Self
2008
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
Self
2006
La Stupenda
Self
1991
Marevna and Marika
Himself
1978
BBC Young Musician
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1978
The Story of Pantomime
Self
1976
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
Presenter
1976
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self - Host
1976
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
Self
1971
Omnibus
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1967
Conversations with Glenn Gould
Interviewer · (4 episodes)
1966
The Golden Ring
Himself - Narrator
1965
Gordon Jacob
Commentator
1959