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.
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Full Filmography
Directing
The Golden Ring
(1965)
Director
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
(1970)
Director
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
(1970)
Director
Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
(1972)
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
(1973)
Director
Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5
(1975)
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
(1975)
Director
The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
(1976)
Director
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
(1976)
Director
Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
(1976)
Director
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
(1976)
Director
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
(1976)
Director
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
(1976)
Director
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
(1976)
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
(1976)
Director
The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
(1976)
Director
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
(1977)
Director
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
(1977)
Director
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach
(1977)
Director
Bernstein Beethoven Overtures
(1978)
Director
Verdi: Requiem
(1982)
Director
Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
(1984)
Director
Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
(1984)
Director
Die Fledermaus
(1984)
Director
Brahms The Piano Concertos
(1984)
Director
Bach: St. John Passion
(1985)
Director
Andrea Chénier
(1985)
Director
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
(1985)
Director
Liszt Annees de Pelerinage
(1986)
Director
Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert
(1987)
Director
Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven
(1987)
Director
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
(1987)
Director
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
(1987)
Director
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
(1987)
Director
Candide
(1988)
Director
Ode to Freedom
(1989)
Director
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
(1989)
Director
Prince Igor
(1990)
Director
Boris Godunov
(1990)
Director
Mozart Requiem
(1991)
Director
War and Peace
(1991)
Director
Candide
(1991)
Director
Eugene Onegin
(1994)
Director
Ermione
(1995)
Director
Lulu
(1996)
Director
Merry Christmas from Vienna
(1996)
Director
Manon Lescaut
(1997)
Director
Rodelinda
(1998)
Director
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
(2002)
Director
Vincent in Brixton
(2003)
Director
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
(2005)
Director
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
(2006)
Director
Rostropovich Life & Art
(2007)
Director
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
(2007)
Director
Bach The Cello Suites
(2007)
Director
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
(2007)
Director
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
(2009)
Director
Acting
Gordon Jacob
(1959)
Commentator
The Golden Ring
(1965)
Himself - Narrator
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
(1971)
Self
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
(1976)
Self - Host
The Story of Pantomime
(1976)
Self
Marevna and Marika
(1978)
Himself
La Stupenda
(1991)
Self
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
(2006)
Self
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
(2008)
Self
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
(2009)
Self (archival footage)
Karajan's Magic and Myth
(2014)
Self
Production
Antonio Gaudí
(1961)
Producer
The Golden Ring
(1965)
Producer
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
(1967)
Executive Producer
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
(1970)
Producer
Trouble in Tahiti
(1973)
Executive Producer
The Marriage of Figaro
(1974)
Producer
The Making Of West Side Story
(1985)
Producer
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
(1991)
Producer
Writing