Humphrey Burton
DirectingMarch 21, 1931— December 17, 2025 (age 94)
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.
Movies
(13 total)
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
20096.8
as Self (archival footage)
The Opera House
20178.2
as Self - BBC Arts Reporter
The Golden Ring
19657.0
as Himself - Narrator
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976
as Self - Host
Gordon Jacob
1959
as Commentator
La Stupenda
1991
as Self
The Story of Pantomime
1976
as Self
TV Shows
(4 total)
Omnibus
19677.2
as Self - Presenter
BBC Young Musician
197810.0
as Self - Host
How the BBC Began
2022
as Self
Conversations with Glenn Gould
1966
as Interviewer