Jim Henson

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.

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Jim Henson

Filmografia

The King of Eight

Ecco il film dei Muppet

Tutto in una notte

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

I Muppet alla conquista di Broadway

Of Muppets & Men

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

A Muppet Family Christmas

Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

I Love Liberty

Follow That Bird

Hey Cinderella!

Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets

Giallo in casa Muppet

Dog City

Julie: My Favourite Things

Sesame Street: Imagine That!

The Christmas Toy

Time Piece

Sesame Street: Learning About Letters

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff

Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

Muppet Treasures

The Muppet Revue

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets

Free to Be... a Family

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

Tutti a Hollywood con i Muppet

The Wizard of Id

The World of 'The Dark Crystal'

The Muppets on Puppets

The Great Santa Claus Switch

Inside the Labyrinth

Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'

50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration

Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets

Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!

Sesame Street: Sing Along

Sesame Street Pitch Reel

Hip Hip Parade!

Muppet Picker Upper

The Very Best of the Muppet Show

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3

The Paperwork Explosion

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments

Muppet Music Moments

Muppet History 101

Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland

Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story

Jim Henson: Behind the Seams

Jim Henson: In Performance

Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson

Night of 100 Stars II

The World of Jim Henson

Miss Piggy's Hollywood

Down at Fraggle Rock

Big Bird in China

Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along

Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

The Muppets Go to the Movies

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

The Orson Welles Show

Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!

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