Jim Henson
Directing
Born 1936-09-24
Died 1990-05-16
Greenville, Mississippi, USA
235 credits
Primetime Emmy Awards 1
Peabody Awards 1
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1
Disney Legends 1
Hollywood Walk of Fame 1
Awards
Nominated for 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 nominated
- 1966 Best Live Action Short Film Nominated Time Piece
Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won
- 1989 Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series Won The Jim Henson Hour
Peabody Awards 1 won
- — Peabody Awards Won
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won
- — star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won
Disney Legends 1 won
- 2011 Disney Legends Won
Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won
- 1991 Hollywood Walk of Fame Won
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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.
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Filmography
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Directing
9 credits
Fraggle Rock
Labyrinth
The Storyteller
Muppet Babies
The Jim Henson Hour
The Dark Crystal
The Great Muppet Caper
Dog City
NBC Experiment in Television
Acting
48 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Saturday Night Live
The Mike Douglas Show
Great Performances
Wogan
The Dick Cavett Show
Dinosaurs
The Oscars
Muppet Babies
Reading Rainbow
The Muppet Show
Epic Rap Battles of History
Fraggle Rock
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Labyrinth
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
The Muppets
The Muppets Mayhem
The Muppets
Einer wird gewinnen
The Jim Henson Hour
The First Snow of Fraggle Rock
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Muppet Movie
The Dark Crystal
Into the Night
Muppets Most Wanted
Wedden, dat..?
Jim Henson Idea Man
Dolly
Muppet Treasure Island
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Muppets Haunted Mansion
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Muppets TV
Studio DC: Almost Live
The Great Muppet Caper
Muppets from Space
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Dog City
Follow That Bird
NBC Experiment in Television
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
A Muppet Family Christmas
Writing
14 credits
Sesame Street
Saturday Night Live
The Muppet Show
Fraggle Rock
Labyrinth
The Storyteller
Muppet Babies
The Jim Henson Hour
The Dark Crystal
Muppets Now
Dog City
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
Mother Goose Stories
NBC Experiment in Television
Producing
12 credits
The Muppet Show
Fraggle Rock
The Storyteller
Muppet Babies
The Witches
The Jim Henson Hour
CBS Summer Playhouse
The Muppet Movie
The Dark Crystal
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
A Muppet Family Christmas
Other credits
3 credits
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