Humphrey Burton

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-03-21 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK

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.

Production

1973

Trouble in Tahiti

as Executive Producer

1974

2003

1994

Eugene Onegin

as Director

1984

Die Fledermaus

as Director

1995

Ermione

as Director

1996

Lulu

as Director

1998

Rodelinda

as Director

1997

Manon Lescaut

as Director

1985

Andrea Chénier

as Director

1982

Verdi: Requiem

as Director

1990

Boris Godunov

as Director

1965

The Golden Ring

as Producer

1967

1988

Candide

as Director

1991

War and Peace

as Director

1991

Candide

as Director

2000

Falstaff

as Director

2007

1991

Mozart Requiem

as Director

1961

Antonio Gaudí

as Producer

1965

The Golden Ring

as Director

1985

1990

Prince Igor

as Director

1989

Ode to Freedom

as Director

2007

Mozart: Requiem

as Director

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