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Humphrey Burton
b. 1931 — d. 2025 (aged 94)
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
Director
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. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
Known For
Filmography
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★ 7.0
How the BBC Began
2022 Self
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Passions: Bernstein by Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
2018 Self
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★ 7.8
The Opera House
2017 Self
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Perfect Pianists at the BBC
2016 Self
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Benjamin Britten on Camera
2013 Self
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★ 7.0
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
2012 Self
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★ 7.2
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
2008 Self
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Vincent in Brixton
2003 Director
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★ 8.4
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
2002 Director
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★ 8.8
Falstaff
1999 Director
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★ 9.2
Pelléas et Mélisande
1999 Director
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Flight
1999 Director
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★ 8.7
Rodelinda
1998 Director
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★ 7.8
Andrea Chénier
1998 Director
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★ 9.0
Hansel and Gretel
1998 Director
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★ 7.3
Manon Lescaut
1997 Director
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★ 8.1
Lulu
1996 Director
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★ 8.7
La Traviata
1995 Director
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★ 8.9
Ermione
1995 Director
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★ 8.0
Yevgeny Onyegin
1994 Director
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4 Goes to Glyndebourne
1994 Director
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★ 8.6
The Love of Three Orchestras
1993 Self
Director
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Christmas in Vienna
1992 Director
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★ 8.5
Candide
1991 Director
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★ 6.9
War and Peace
1991 Director
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★ 8.3
Requiem Mass
1991 Director
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Jean Sibelius: Symphonie No. 1, E moll
1991 Director
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Requiem
1991 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.5
Boris Godunov
1990 Director
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★ 8.3
Die Fledermaus
1990 Director
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★ 8.4
Prince Igor
1990 Director
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The Maestro and the Diva
1990 Director
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Solti's Bartók in Budapest
1990 Director
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★ 9.4
The Berlin Celebration Concert
1989 Director
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★ 9.1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
1988 Director
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★ 8.0
Candide
1988 Director
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail
1988 Director
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Teachers and Teaching: An Autobiographical Essay by Leonard Bernstein
1988 Director
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Jean Sibelius: Symphonie No. 2 D-dur
1988 Director
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★ 9.0
Haydn: Die Schöpfung
1986 Director
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Gala of Stars 1986
1986 Director
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★ 7.9
Hommage à Rossini
1985 Director
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★ 9.0
Requiem Mass
1985 Director
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★ 8.5
Bernstein on Mahler
1985 Director
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Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
1984 Director
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Schumann: The Symphonies
1984 Director
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Bernstein: Conductor, Soloist, Teacher
1984 Director
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United Nations Day Concert
1984 Director
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★ 8.7
Die Fledermaus
1983 Director
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BBC Cardiff Singer of the World
1983 Self
Director
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Ludwig van Beethoven: IV. Symphonie
1983 Director
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★ 8.5
Bernstein/Beethoven
1982 Director
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America Celebrates Stravinsky
1982 Director
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Ludwig van Beethoven: VIII. Symphonie F-Dur, opus 93
1979 Director
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Young Musicians of the World
1979 Self
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★ 6.2
BBC Young Musician
1978 Self
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Cosi fan tutte
1978 Director
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie No.1 C Dur Opus 21
1978 Director
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★ 9.5
IX. Symphonie von Ludwig van Beethoven
1977 Director
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Gala from Berlin
1977 Director
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Chichester Psalms/Symphony #1 'Jeremiah'/Symphony #2 'The Age of Anxiety'
1977 Director
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Franz Liszt: Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterstudie nach Johann Wolfgang v. Goethe
1976 Director
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Scenes from a Geordie Ceilidh
1976 Self
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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
1976 Director
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★ 8.7
Gustav Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 8
1975 Director
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Leonard Bernstein Rehearses Mahler
1975 Director
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)
1974 Director
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P.I. Tschaikowsky: Symphony No. 5
1974 Director
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★ 7.4
Macbeth
1972 Self
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★ 8.8
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
1972 Director
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Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9
1972 Director
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Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
1972 Self
Director
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★ 8.0
Great Performances
1971 Director
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Four Ways to Say Farewell
1971 Director
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★ 6.5
Aquarius
1970 Self
Director
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★ 7.5
Bernstein on Beethoven: A Celebration in Vienna
1970 Director
Writer
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★ 8.4
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven - The Ninth Symphony in D Minor
1970 Director
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★ 8.2
Bernstein in London: Verdi's Requiem
1970 Director
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The Switched-On Symphony
1970 Writer
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★ 4.7
The Lively Arts
1969 Self
Director
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★ 6.4
Interlude
1968 Actor
T.V. Director
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★ 7.2
Omnibus
1967 Self
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Ein Stuttgarter aus Südafrika
1967 Actor
Narrator (english Version)
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The Burning Fiery Furnace
1967 Director
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The Golden Ring
1965 Actor
Director
Narrator (eng. Version)
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★ 8.4
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker
1959 Director
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Orchestre National de France
1959 Director
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The American
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