Cast & creator
Humphrey Burton
Best known for Omnibus, BBC Young Musician, BBC Young Musician
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.
101
film credits
7
television credits
18
1959–2022 · acting roles
8.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (108)
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Omnibus
Self - Presenter
1967
BBC Young Musician
Self - Host
1978BBC Young Musician
Creator
1978
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
Director
1976
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
Director
1973
Bernstein/Beethoven
Director
1982
The Story of Pantomime
Self
1976
How the BBC Began
Self
2022
The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein
Consulting Producer
1976
Die Fledermaus
Director
1984
Mozart Requiem
Director
1991
Candide
Director
1988
Elgar
Producer
1962
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
Director
2007
Andrea Chénier
Director
1985
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
Director
2005
Antonio Gaudí
Producer
1961
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
Self
1971
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Director
1975
Rodelinda
Director
1998
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self - Host
1976
Mozart: Requiem
Director
2007
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
Director
2009
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Self (archival footage)
2009
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
Director
1985
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Director
1977Karajan's Magic and Myth
Self
2014
The Marriage of Figaro
Producer
1974
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
Director
1989
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
Director
1976
Rostropovich Life & Art
Director
2007
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Director
1987
Boris Godunov
Director
1990
Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
Director
1972
Conversations with Glenn Gould
Interviewer
1966Falstaff
Director
2000
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)
Director
2007
Charles Mingus: Epitaph
Director
1990
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
Writer
1970Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
Director
1970Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
Producer
1970
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
Director
2006
Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde
Director
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
Director
1976
Brahms The Piano Concertos
Director
1984
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
Director
2010
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral
Director
1973
Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
Director
2006
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
Executive Producer
1967
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
Director
1998
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
Director
2008
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 39 - Leonard Bernstein
Director
2006
Gordon Jacob
Commentator
1959
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
Producer
1991
The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
Director
1976
The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
Director
1976
Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
Director
1984
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
Director
1976
La Stupenda
Self
1991
The Making Of West Side Story
Producer
1985
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)
Director
2007
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
Director
2008
Bach: St. John Passion
Director
1985
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
Director
1976
Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert
Director
1987
Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7
Director
1983
Vincent in Brixton
Director
2003
Ode to Freedom
Director
1989The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
Director
2002
Merry Christmas from Vienna
Director
1996
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
Director
2008
The Golden Ring
Himself - Narrator
1965The Golden Ring
Producer
1965The Golden Ring
Director
1965
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
Director
1976
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
Director
2006
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
Director
1987
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
Director
2008
Bach The Cello Suites
Director
2007
The Opera House
Self - BBC Arts Reporter
2017
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
Director
1987
Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
Director
1984
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
Director
1970
Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5
Director
1975Marevna and Marika
Himself
1978
Bernstein Beethoven Overtures
Director
1978
Candide
Director
1991
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
Presenter
1976
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
Director
2007
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
Director
1977
War and Peace
Director
1991Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach
Director
1977
Trouble in Tahiti
Executive Producer
1973
Lulu
Director
1996
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
Director
2008
Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel
Director
2006
Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
Director
1976
Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven
Director
1987
Prince Igor
Director
1990Manon Lescaut
Director
1997Eugene Onegin
Director
1994
Verdi: Requiem
Director
1982
Liszt Annees de Pelerinage
Director
1986
Pelléas and Mélisande
Director
Ermione
Director
1995
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
Self
2006
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Self
2008
Benjamin Britten on Camera
Self
2013