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Humphrey Burton
Known for: Directing
Born: March 21, 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 Awards, two British Academy Awards and as a presenter received the Royal Television Society Silver medal and Sony Gold Award.
Known for
Marevna and Marika
1978
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
1976
Gordon Jacob
1959
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
2006
The Opera House
2017
La Stupenda
1991
The Story of Pantomime
1976
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
1971
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
2008
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2009
The Golden Ring
1965
How the BBC Began
2022
BBC Young Musician
1978
Conversations with Glenn Gould
1966
Omnibus
1967
Karajan's Magic and Myth
2014