Humphrey Burton

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: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK, 1931-03-21

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	Gordon Jacob	Commentator	0
2	1965	The Golden Ring	Himself - Narrator	70
3	1971	Elton John: Mr. Superfunk	Self	100
4	1976	Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema	Self - Host	0
5	1976	New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By	Presenter	0
6	1976	The Story of Pantomime	Self	0
7	1978	Marevna and Marika	Himself	0
8	1991	La Stupenda	Self	0
9	2006	Glenn Gould: Hereafter	Self	80
10	2008	Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen	Self	0
11	2009	Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould	Self (archival footage)	68
12	2014	Karajan's Magic and Myth	Self	0
13	2017	The Opera House	Self - BBC Arts Reporter	82

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1966	Conversations with Glenn Gould	Interviewer	0
2	1967	Omnibus	Self - Presenter	72
3	1978	BBC Young Musician	Self - Host	100
4	2022	How the BBC Began	Self	0

Humphrey Burton

Film

Television