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Humphrey Burton
Directing
21 Mar 1931
† 17 Dec 2025
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.
Humphrey Burton's Movies
68%
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
13 Sept 2009
82%
The Opera House
01 Oct 2017
80%
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
29 Apr 2006
70%
The Golden Ring
26 Dec 1965
80%
Marevna and Marika
09 Feb 1978
100%
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
03 Apr 1971
0%
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
02 Dec 1976
0%
Gordon Jacob
29 Mar 1959
0%
Karajan's Magic and Myth
05 Dec 2014
0%
La Stupenda
11 Jun 1991
0%
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
07 Apr 2008
0%
The Story of Pantomime
23 Dec 1976
0%
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
16 Dec 1976
