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Directing

Humphrey Burton

Career

Active from 1959 to 2010, busiest in 1976 with 10 main titles.

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Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series

    1988 · Won · 40th Primetime Emmy Awards

    Great Performances

    Source: Wikidata

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Classical Music 6
  • Leonard Bernstein 4
  • Historical Context 4
  • Educational 3
  • Musical Analysis 2
  • Harvard Lectures 2
  • Orchestral Performance 2
  • Gustav Mahler 2
  • Biographical 2
  • Vienna Philharmonic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

88
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Upcoming

2 titles
Pelléas and Mélisande
Pelléas and Mélisande

Director

Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde
Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde

Director

2010s

1 title
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker (2010)

Director

2000s

22 titles
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein) (2009)

Director

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5 (2008)

Director

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7 (2008)

Director

Rostropovich Life & Art
Rostropovich Life & Art (2007)

Director

Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn) (2007)

Director

Mozart: Requiem
Mozart: Requiem (2007)

Director

Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate (2006)

Director

Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem (2006)

Director

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde (2005)

Director

Vincent in Brixton
Vincent in Brixton (2003)

Director

The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland (2002)

Director

Falstaff
Falstaff (2000)

Director

1990s

14 titles
Rodelinda
Rodelinda (1998)

Director

Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut (1997)

Director

Merry Christmas from Vienna
Merry Christmas from Vienna (1996)

Director

Lulu
Lulu (1996)

Director

Ermione
Ermione (1995)

Director

Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin (1994)

Director

Candide
Candide (1991)

Director

War and Peace
War and Peace (1991)

Director

The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek (1991)

Producer

Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov (1990)

Director

Prince Igor
Prince Igor (1990)

Director

Charles Mingus: Epitaph
Charles Mingus: Epitaph (1990)

Director

1980s

19 titles · average score 81
Ode to Freedom
Ode to Freedom (1989)

Director

Candide
Candide (1988)

Director

Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1987)

Director

Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987 (1987)

Director

Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven
Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven (1987)

Director

Andrea Chénier
Andrea Chénier (1985)

Director

The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein (1985)

Director

The Making Of West Side Story
The Making Of West Side Story (1985)
GoodWatch score 81

Producer

Bach: St. John Passion
Bach: St. John Passion (1985)

Director

Die Fledermaus
Die Fledermaus (1984)

Director

Brahms The Piano Concertos
Brahms The Piano Concertos (1984)

Director

Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli (1984)

Director

1970s

24 titles
A Question Of Faith
A Question Of Faith (1979)

Producer

The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis (1976)

Director

The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology (1976)

Director

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 (1976)

Director

The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics (1976)

Director

Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal (1976)

Director

The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth (1976)

Director

The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax (1976)

Director

The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity (1976)

Director

The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro (1974)

Producer

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein (1970)

Writer, Producer

Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony (1970)

Director

1960s

5 titles · average score 73
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
Benjamin Britten and His Festival (1967)

Executive Producer

Conversations with Glenn Gould
Conversations with Glenn Gould (1966)

TV show · as Interviewer

The Golden Ring
The Golden Ring (1965)

Director, Producer

Elgar
Elgar (1962)
GoodWatch score 73

Producer

Antonio Gaudí
Antonio Gaudí (1961)

Producer

1950s

1 title
Gordon Jacob
Gordon Jacob (1959)

as Commentator