Directing
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.
Filmography
The Muppet Script
Film · 2025
Joan Rivers at the BBC
Film · 2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
Film · 2024
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Film · 2021
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
Film · 2019
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
Film · 2015
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
Film · 2015
In Their Own Words
Series · 2015
Jim Henson: Behind the Seams
Film · 2014
Muppets Most Wanted
Film · 2014
The Muppets
Film · 2011
Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland
Film · 2009
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story
Film · 2009
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
Film · 2007
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
Film · 2006
Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments
Film · 2004
Muppet History 101
Film · 2004
Muppet Music Moments
Film · 2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Film · 2004
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
Film · 2004
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Film · 2004
Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
Film · 2003
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
Film · 2002
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
Series · 2002
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
Film · 2001
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Singing, Drawing & More!
Film · 2000
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
Film · 1999
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Film · 1999
Sesame Unpaved
Series · 1999
The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
Film · 1998
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
Film · 1997
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
Film · 1997
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
Film · 1996
Sesame Street: Imagine That!
Film · 1996
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
Film · 1995
The World of Jim Henson
Film · 1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Film · 1994
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
Film · 1993
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Film · 1993
A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show
Film · 1992
Getting Ready to Read
Film · 1992
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Film · 1990
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Film · 1990
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
Film · 1990
Jim Henson: In Performance
Film · 1990
Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
Film · 1990
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Film · 1990
The Earth Day Special
Film · 1990
Dog City
Film · 1989
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
Film · 1989
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
Film · 1989
An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz
Film · 1989
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989
Film · 1989
The Jim Henson Hour
Series · 1989
Free to Be... a Family
Film · 1988
Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along
Film · 1988
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear
Film · 1988
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Film · 1988
Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director
Film · 1988
Wow, You're A Cartoonist!
Film · 1988
The Best of Ernie and Bert
Film · 1988
A Muppet Family Christmas
Film · 1987
Sesame Street: Sing Along
Film · 1987
Down at Fraggle Rock
Film · 1987
Muppet Coffee Break
Film · 1987
Muppet Breakaway
Film · 1987
Dolly
Series · 1987
The Christmas Toy
Film · 1986
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
Film · 1986
Inside the Labyrinth
Film · 1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Film · 1986
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
Film · 1986
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
Film · 1986
Labyrinth
Film · 1986
Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers
Film · 1986
Wedden, dat..?
Series · 1986
Into the Night
Film · 1985
Follow That Bird
Film · 1985
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
Film · 1985
The Muppet Revue
Film · 1985
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
Film · 1985
Muppet Treasures
Film · 1985
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
Film · 1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Film · 1985
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
Film · 1985
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
Series · 1985
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Film · 1984
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
Film · 1984
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
Film · 1984
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
Film · 1983
The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
Film · 1983
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Film · 1983
Big Bird in China
Film · 1983
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Film · 1983
Muppet Breakthrough
Film · 1983
Fraggle Rock
Series · 1983
Fraggle Rock
Series · 1983
Fraggle Rock
Series · 1983
Reading Rainbow
Series · 1983
Fraggle Rock
Series · 1983
Fraggle Rock
Series · 1983
Fraggle Rock
Series · 1983
Fraggle Rock
Series · 1983
I Love Liberty
Film · 1982
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
Film · 1982
The Dark Crystal
Film · 1982
Wogan
Series · 1982
Of Muppets & Men
Film · 1981
The Great Muppet Caper
Film · 1981
The Muppets Go to the Movies
Film · 1981
Muppet Side Splitter
Film · 1981
The Muppet Movie
Film · 1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Film · 1979
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
Film · 1979
The Orson Welles Show
Film · 1979
Muppet Breaker Upper
Film · 1979
Muppet Gimme a Break
Film · 1979
Meal Break
Film · 1979
Grump Critic
Film · 1979
Let's Have the Dam Break
Film · 1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Film · 1979
Hip Hip Parade!
Film · 1978
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Film · 1978
Mickey's 50
Film · 1978
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
Film · 1978
The Vent Event
Film · 1978
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Film · 1977
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special
Film · 1977
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
Film · 1977
The Muppet Show Pitch Reel
Film · 1976
Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun!
Film · 1976
The Muppet Show
Series · 1976
Julie: My Favourite Things
Film · 1975
Muppet Picker Upper
Film · 1975
The Muppet Introduction
Film · 1975
Just a Few Announcements
Film · 1975
Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives?
Film · 1975
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Out to Lunch
Film · 1974
Keep U.S. Beautiful
Film · 1973
Julie on Sesame Street
Film · 1973
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
Film · 1972
The King of Eight
Film · 1971
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
Film · 1971
Pure Goldie
Film · 1971
Great Performances
Series · 1971
The Muppets on Puppets
Film · 1970
The Great Santa Claus Switch
Film · 1970
Hey Cinderella!
Film · 1969
The Wizard of Id
Film · 1969
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
Film · 1969
This Way to Sesame Street
Film · 1969
Sam the Snake
Film · 1969
The Cube
Film · 1969
Sesame Street
Series · 1969
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
Series · 1969
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
The Paperwork Explosion
Film · 1967
NBC Experiment in Television
Series · 1967
Limbo: The Organized Mind
Film · 1966
Rowlf the Salesman
Film · 1966
The Idea Man
Film · 1966
I'm Nobody
Film · 1966
Time Piece
Film · 1965
Alexander the Grape
Film · 1965
The Reindeer
Film · 1965
Einer wird gewinnen
Series · 1964
Tales of the Tinkerdee
Film · 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
Sam and Friends
Series · 1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Series · 1948
Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party
Film
The World Of Puppetry with Bruce Schwartz
Film