Jim Henson
Directing
- Born:
- 1936-09-24
- Died:
- 1990-05-16
- Place of birth:
- Greenville, Mississippi, USA
Biography
James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, actor, animator, creative producer, and director who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets. Henson was also well known for creating Fraggle Rock (1983–1987) and as the director of The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986), as well as creating the puppets for Sesame Street (1969). Born in Greenville, Mississippi, and raised in both Leland, Mississippi, and University Park, Maryland, Henson began developing puppets in high school. He created Sam and Friends (1955–1961), a short-form comedy television program on WRC-TV, while he was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, in collaboration with fellow student Jane Nebel. Henson and Nebel co-founded Muppets, Inc. – now The Jim Henson Company – in 1958, and married less than a year later in 1959. Henson graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in home economics. In 1969, Henson joined the children's television program Sesame Street (1969–present) where he helped to develop Muppet characters for the series. He and his creative team also appeared on the first season of the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (1975–present). He produced the sketch comedy television series The Muppet Show (1976–1981) during this period. Henson revolutionized the way puppetry is captured and presented in video media, and he won fame for his characters – particularly Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, and the characters on Sesame Street. During the later years of his life, he founded the Jim Henson Foundation and Jim Henson's Creature Shop. He won the Emmy Award twice for his involvement in The Storyteller (1987–1988) and The Jim Henson Hour (1989). Henson died in New York City from toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus pyogenes. At the time of his death, he was in negotiations to sell his company to The Walt Disney Company, but talks fell through after his death. He was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991, and was named a Disney Legend in 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Henson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Muppet Script
Joan Rivers at the BBC
Jim Henson Idea Man
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
In Their Own Words
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
Jim Henson: Behind the Seams
Muppets Most Wanted
The Muppets
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story
Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
Muppet History 101
Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments
Muppet Music Moments
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Singing, Drawing & More!
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Sesame Unpaved
The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
Sesame Street: Imagine That!
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
The World of Jim Henson
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show
Getting Ready to Read
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Jim Henson: In Performance
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
The Earth Day Special
Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
Dog City
The Jim Henson Hour
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989
Free to Be... a Family
Wow, You're A Cartoonist!
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
The Best of Ernie and Bert
Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director
Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear
A Muppet Family Christmas
Dolly
Down at Fraggle Rock
Muppet Breakaway
Muppet Coffee Break
Sesame Street: Sing Along
Inside the Labyrinth
The Christmas Toy
Labyrinth
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Wedden, dat..?
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
Follow That Bird
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
Muppet Treasures
The Muppet Revue
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
Night of 100 Stars II
Into the Night
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Reading Rainbow
Big Bird in China
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
Fraggle Rock
The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
Muppet Breakthrough
The Dark Crystal
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
Wogan
I Love Liberty
Of Muppets & Men
Muppet Side Splitter
The Great Muppet Caper
The Muppets Go to the Movies
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
The Muppet Movie
The Muppets Go Hollywood
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
The Orson Welles Show
Meal Break
Grump Critic
Let's Have the Dam Break
Muppet Breaker Upper
Muppet Gimme a Break
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Hip Hip Parade!
Mickey's 50
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
The Vent Event
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
The Muppet Show
Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun!
The Muppet Show Pitch Reel
Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives?
Saturday Night Live
Julie: My Favourite Things
Muppet Picker Upper
The Muppet Introduction
Just a Few Announcements
Out to Lunch
Julie on Sesame Street
Keep U.S. Beautiful
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
The King of Eight
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
Pure Goldie
Great Performances
The Great Santa Claus Switch
The Muppets on Puppets
Sesame Street
This Way to Sesame Street
Sam the Snake
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
Hey Cinderella!
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
The Cube
The Wizard of Id
The Dick Cavett Show
The Paperwork Explosion
NBC Experiment in Television
Limbo: The Organized Mind
The Idea Man
I'm Nobody
Rowlf the Salesman
The Reindeer
Alexander the Grape
Time Piece
Einer wird gewinnen
Tales of the Tinkerdee
The Mike Douglas Show
Sam and Friends
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Oscars
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party
The World Of Puppetry with Bruce Schwartz