HUMPHREY BURTON

Humphrey Burton
Humphrey Burton
Gender: Male
Known for: Directing
Birthday: March 21, 1931
Place of Birth: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography

Production

TBA·
Pelléas and Mélisande
Director
2010·
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
Director
2009·
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
Director
2008·
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
Director
2008·
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
Director
2008·
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
Director
2008·
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
Director
2008·
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
Director
2007·
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)
Director
2007·
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)
Director
2007·
Mozart: Requiem
Director
2007·
Rostropovich Life & Art
Director
2007·
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
Director
2007·
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
Director
2007·
Bach The Cello Suites
Director
2006·
Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
Director
2006·
Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel
Director
2006·
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
Director
2005·
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
Director
2003·
Vincent in Brixton
Director
2002·
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
Director
2000·
Falstaff
Director
1998·
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
Director
1998·
Rodelinda
Director
1997·
Manon Lescaut
Director
1996·
Merry Christmas from Vienna
Director
1996·
Lulu
Director
1995·
Ermione
Director
1994·
Eugene Onegin
Director
1991·
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
Producer
1991·
Mozart Requiem
Director
1991·
Candide
Director
1991·
War and Peace
Director
1990·
Prince Igor
Director
1990·
Boris Godunov
Director
1989·
Ode to Freedom
Director
1989·
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
Director
1988·
Candide
Director
1987·
Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven
Director
1987·
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
Director
1987·
Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert
Director
1987·
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Director
1987·
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
Director
1986·
Liszt Annees de Pelerinage
Director
1985·
Bach: St. John Passion
Director
1985·
Andrea Chénier
Director
1985·
The Making Of West Side Story
Producer
1985·
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
Director
1984·
Brahms The Piano Concertos
Director
1984·
Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
Director
1984·
Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
Director
1984·
Die Fledermaus
Director
1983·
Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7
Director
1982·
Verdi: Requiem
Director
1978·
BBC Young Musician
Creator
1978·
Bernstein Beethoven Overtures
Director
1977·
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
Director
1977·
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Director
1977·
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach
Director
1976·
The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein
Consulting Producer
1976·
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
Director
1976·
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
Director
1976·
The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
Director
1976·
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
Director
1976·
The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
Director
1976·
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
Director
1976·
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
Director
1976·
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
Director
1976·
Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
Director
1975·
Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5
Director
1975·
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Director
1974·
The Marriage of Figaro
Producer
1973·
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
Director
1973·
Trouble in Tahiti
Executive Producer
1972·
Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
Director
1970·
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
Producer, Director, Writer
1970·
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
Director
1967·
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
Executive Producer
1965·
The Golden Ring
Director, Producer
1962·
Elgar: Portrait of a Composer
Producer
1961·
Antonio Gaudí
Producer