HB
Humphrey Burton
Directing
March 21, 1931
Died December 17, 2025 (94 years old)
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
17
Acting Credits
76
Directed
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.
Known For
Filmography
How the BBC Began
2022
as Self
7
The Opera House
2017
as Self - BBC Arts Reporter
8.3
Karajan's Magic and Myth
2014
as Self
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2009
as Self (archival footage)
6.9
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
2008
as Self
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
2006
as Self
8
La Stupenda
1991
as Self
Marevna and Marika
1978
as Himself
8
BBC Young Musician
1978
as Self - Host
10
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976
as Self - Host
The Story of Pantomime
1976
as Self
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
1976
as Presenter
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
1971
as Self
10
Omnibus
1967
as Self - Presenter
7.2
Conversations with Glenn Gould
1966
as Interviewer
The Golden Ring
1965
as Himself - Narrator
7
Gordon Jacob
1959
as Commentator