Humphrey Burton

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Born
March 25, 1931
Died
December 17, 2025

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…

Actor

Madame Sousatzka(1988)as Festival Announcer
Interlude(1968)as T.V. Director
Monitor(1958)as Commentator

Editor

Mainstream(1979)
Aquarius(1970)
Monitor(1958)

Second Unit or Assistant Director

The South Bank Show(1978)

Editorial Department

Aquarius(1970)

Music Department

Interlude(1968)

Script and Continuity Department

Aquarius(1970)

Additional Crew

Great Arias: War and Peace(1997)
Great Performances(1971)
Candide(1991)
Omnibus(1967)

Self

How the BBC Began(2022)as Self
American Masters(1985)as Self
Passions: Bernstein by Dame Kiri Te Kanawa(2018)as Self
The Opera House(2017)as Self - BBC Arts Reporter
Perfect Pianists at the BBC(2016)as Self

Archive Footage

Glenn Gould: Au delà du temps(2006)as Self