Humphrey Burton
Department: Directing
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.
Known For
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976
The Golden Ring
1965
Gordon Jacob
1959
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
2006
Marevna and Marika
1978
Karajan's Magic and Myth
2014
La Stupenda
1991
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2009
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
2008
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
1971
The Story of Pantomime
1976
The Opera House
2017
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
1976
How the BBC Began
2022
BBC Young Musician
1978
Conversations with Glenn Gould
1966
Omnibus
1967