Humphrey Burton
Birthday: 1931-03-21
Place of Birth: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
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.
Movies
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
Humphrey Burton introduces two Omnibus USA reports on the arts in New York... that is the arts in th...
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Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
BBC documentary about the rise of the New German Cinema and several of its most important figures....
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The Golden Ring
Watching the Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti, and a stellar cast record Wagner's immense Götterdämm...
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Glenn Gould: Hereafter
A retrospective of the life and work of Glenn Gould, Hereafter synthesizes an incredible wealth of a...
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Marevna and Marika
Documentary on 84-year old Marevna; painter, friend of Picasso and one-time mistress of Diego Rivera...
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Karajan's Magic and Myth
Over twenty-five years after his death in July 1989, the controversial Austrian conductor Herbert vo...
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La Stupenda
Dubbed ‘La Stupenda’ thirty years ago by an Italian critic, Dame Joan Sutherland and her husband Ric...
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Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
A documentary on the mysterious and influential pianist....
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Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Documentary on conductor Herbert van Karajan, focusing on his early adoption of audio and video reco...
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Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
Short documentary originally featured on Aquarius containing interviews, concert footage, and gener...
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The Story of Pantomime
This 1976 BBC documentary sees Ken Campbell (and his Roadshow) investigate the origins and the devel...
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The Opera House
In this documentary, award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke explores the creation of the Metropolitan...
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