Humphrey Burton
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.
Movie Appearances
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
as Self - Host
1976
The Golden Ring
as Himself - Narrator
1965
Gordon Jacob
as Commentator
1959
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
as Self
2006
Marevna and Marika
as Himself
1978
Karajan's Magic and Myth
as Self
2014
La Stupenda
as Self
1991
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
as Self (archival footage)
2009
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
as Self
2008
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
as Self
1971
The Story of Pantomime
as Self
1976
The Opera House
as Self - BBC Arts Reporter
2017
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
as Presenter
1976
