Directed credits
70
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Humphrey Burton
Directing
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Directed movies: 69Directed series: 1All crew credits: 81
TMDB ID: 1242372
IMDb ID: nm0123598
Known for: Directing
Born: March 21, 1931
Died: December 17, 2025
Age: 94
Place of birth: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1959 - 2022
Years active: 64
Wikidata: Q5941322
Frequent jobs
Director (70)Producer (7)Executive Producer (2)Consulting Producer (1)Creator (1)
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
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Humphrey Burton.
Director
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
2010 • Movie
Director
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
2009 • Movie
Director
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
2008 • Movie
Director
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
2008 • Movie
Director
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
2008 • Movie
Director
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
2008 • Movie
Director
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
2008 • Movie
Director
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)
2007 • Movie
Director
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)
2007 • Movie
Director
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
2007 • Movie
Director
Bach The Cello Suites
2007 • Movie
Director
Rostropovich Life & Art
2007 • Movie
Director
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
2007 • Movie
Director
Mozart: Requiem
2007 • Movie
Director
Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel
2006 • Movie
Director
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
2006 • Movie
Director
Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
2006 • Movie
Director
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
2006 • Movie
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
2005 • Movie
Director
Vincent in Brixton
2003 • Movie
Director
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
1998 • Movie
Director
Rodelinda
1998 • Movie
Director
Merry Christmas from Vienna
1996 • Movie
Director
Lulu
1996 • Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Humphrey Burton.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Humphrey Burton.
as Self
The Story of Pantomime
1976 • Movie
Director
Andrea Chénier
1985 • Movie
Director
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
2007 • Movie
Director
Boris Godunov
1990 • Movie
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
2005 • Movie
Director
Rodelinda
1998 • Movie
Director
Mozart Requiem
1991 • Movie
Director
Die Fledermaus
1984 • Movie
Director
Candide
1988 • Movie
Producer
Elgar
1962 • Movie
Director
Mozart: Requiem
2007 • Movie
Director
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)
2007 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Humphrey Burton.
as Self - Presenter • 1 eps
Omnibus
1967 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
How the BBC Began
2022 • Series
Creator
BBC Young Musician
1978 • Series
Director • 11 eps
Bernstein/Beethoven
1982 • Series
as Interviewer • 4 eps
Conversations with Glenn Gould
1966 • Series
Consulting Producer • 6 eps
The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein
1976 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Humphrey Burton.
Producer
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
1991 • Movie
Producer
The Making Of West Side Story
1985 • Movie
Producer
The Marriage of Figaro
1974 • Movie
Executive Producer
Trouble in Tahiti
1973 • Movie
Producer
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
1970 • Movie
Executive Producer
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
1967 • Movie
Producer
The Golden Ring
1965 • Movie
Producer
Elgar
1962 • Movie
Producer
Antonio Gaudí
1961 • Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Humphrey Burton.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Humphrey Burton.
as Self - BBC Arts Reporter
The Opera House
2017 • Movie
as Self (archival footage)
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2009 • Movie
as Self
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
2008 • Movie
as Self
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
2006 • Movie
as Self
La Stupenda
1991 • Movie
as Self
The Story of Pantomime
1976 • Movie
as Presenter
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
1976 • Movie
as Self - Host
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976 • Movie
as Self
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
1971 • Movie
as Himself - Narrator
The Golden Ring
1965 • Movie
as Commentator
Gordon Jacob
1959 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Humphrey Burton.