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.
Directed 73
2010s
- 2010
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
Director
2000s
- 2009
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
Director
- 2008
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
Director
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
Director
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
Director
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
Director
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
Director
- 2007
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)
Director
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)
Director
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
Director
Bach The Cello Suites
Director
Rostropovich Life & Art
Director
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
Director
Mozart: Requiem
Director
- 2006
Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel
Director
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 39 - Leonard Bernstein
Director
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
Director
Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
Director
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
Director
- 2005
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
Director
- 2003
Vincent in Brixton
Director
1990s
- 1998
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
Director
Rodelinda
Director
- 1996
Merry Christmas from Vienna
Director
Lulu
Director
- 1995
Ermione
Director
- 1991
Candide
Director
War and Peace
Director
Mozart Requiem
Director
- 1990
Boris Godunov
Director
Prince Igor
Director
Charles Mingus: Epitaph
Director
1980s
- 1989
Ode to Freedom
Director
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
Director
- 1988
Candide
Director
- 1987
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Director
Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert
Director
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
Director
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
Director
Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven
Director
- 1986
Liszt Annees de Pelerinage
Director
- 1985
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
Director
Bach: St. John Passion
Director
Andrea Chénier
Director
- 1984
Brahms The Piano Concertos
Director
Die Fledermaus
Director
Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
Director
Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
Director
- 1983
Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7
Director
- 1982
Verdi: Requiem
Director
Bernstein/Beethoven
Director
1970s
- 1978
Bernstein Beethoven Overtures
Director
- 1977
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Director
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
Director
- 1976
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
Director
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
Director
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
Director
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
Director
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
Director
The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
Director
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
Director
Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
Director
- 1975
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Director
Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5
Director
- 1973
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
Director
- 1972
Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
Director
- 1970
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
Director
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
Director
1960s
- 1965
The Golden Ring
Director
No release date
Pelléas and Mélisande
Director
Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde
Director
Produced 11
1990s
- 1991
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
Producer
1980s
- 1985
The Making Of West Side Story
Producer
1970s
- 1979
A Question Of Faith
Producer
- 1976
The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein
Consulting Producer
- 1974
The Marriage of Figaro
Producer
- 1973
Trouble in Tahiti
Executive Producer
- 1970
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
Producer
1960s
- 1967
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
Executive Producer
- 1965
The Golden Ring
Producer
- 1962
Elgar
Producer
- 1961
Antonio Gaudí
Producer
Acted in 3
1970s
- 1976
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
Presenter
1960s
- 1966
Conversations with Glenn Gould
Interviewer · 4 episodes
1950s
- 1959
Gordon Jacob
Commentator
Wrote 1
1970s
- 1970
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
Writer
Created 1
1970s
- 1978
BBC Young Musician
Creator
Appearances13
2020s
- 2022
How the BBC Began
Self · 3 episodes
2010s
- 2017
The Opera House
Self - BBC Arts Reporter
- 2013
Benjamin Britten on Camera
Self
2000s
- 2009
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Self (archival footage)
- 2008
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Self
- 2006
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
Self
1990s
- 1991
La Stupenda
Self
1970s
- 1978
BBC Young Musician
Self - Host · 1 episode
- 1976
The Story of Pantomime
Self
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self - Host
- 1971
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
Self
1960s
- 1967
- 1965
The Golden Ring
Himself - Narrator