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Home/People/Humphrey Burton
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Born
Mar 21, 1931Died: Dec 17, 2025
Lived 94 years
Place of Birth
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

13
Movies
4
TV Shows
77
Directed
IMDb Profile

Humphrey Burton

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.
The Opera House poster

The Opera House

as Self - BBC Arts Reporter
2017
Karajan's Magic and Myth poster

Karajan's Magic and Myth

as Self
2014
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould poster

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

as Self (archival footage)
2009
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen poster

Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen

as Self
2008
Glenn Gould: Hereafter poster

Glenn Gould: Hereafter

as Self
2006
La Stupenda poster

La Stupenda

as Self
1991
Marevna and Marika poster

Marevna and Marika

as Himself
1978
The Story of Pantomime poster

The Story of Pantomime

as Self
1976
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By poster

New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By

as Presenter
1976
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema poster

Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

as Self - Host
1976
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk poster

Elton John: Mr. Superfunk

as Self
1971
The Golden Ring poster

The Golden Ring

as Himself - Narrator
1965
Gordon Jacob poster

Gordon Jacob

as Commentator
1959