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Jim Henson

Data di nascita: 24 settembre 1936

Luogo di nascita: Greenville, Mississippi, USA

Scomparso il: 16 maggio 1990

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.

Filmografia

Film e serie TV in cui Jim Henson ha recitato o preso parte

Film

The Muppet Script
N/D

Film · Commedia · 2025

Joan Rivers at the BBC
N/D

Film · Commedia · 2024

Jim Henson Idea Man
7.8

Film · Documentario · 2024

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
7.5

Film · Documentario · 2021

Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
7.0

Film · Famiglia · 2019

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
7.0

Film · Documentario · 2015

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
7.4

Film · Documentario · 2015

Muppets 2 - Ricercati
6.3

Film · Commedia · 2014

Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
5.8

Film · Documentario · 2007

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
6.8

Film · Famiglia · 2006

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
8.3

Film · televisione film · 2004

Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
N/D

Film · Famiglia · 2004

Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
8.5

Film · Famiglia · 2003

Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
8.2

Film · Famiglia · 2002

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
N/D

Film · Commedia · 2001

The Very Best of the Muppet Show
7.0

Film · Commedia · 1999

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
6.0

Film · Famiglia · 1999

The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
9.0

Film · Famiglia · 1998

Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
6.8

Film · Famiglia · 1997

Sesame Street: Quiet Time
6.0

Film · Famiglia · 1997

Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
6.0

Film · Musica · 1996

Sesame Street: Imagine That!
N/D

Film · Famiglia · 1996

The World of Jim Henson
7.4

Film · Documentario · 1994

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
7.0

Film · Famiglia · 1994

Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
7.3

Film · Famiglia · 1993

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
7.0

Film · Famiglia · 1993

A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show
N/D

Film · Documentario · 1992

Getting Ready to Read
N/D

Film · Famiglia · 1992

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
6.8

Film · Documentario · 1990

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
10.0

Film · Famiglia · 1990

The Muppets at Walt Disney World
6.6

Film · Commedia · 1990

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
6.0

Film · Musica · 1990

The Earth Day Special
6.5

Film · Documentario · 1990

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
6.0

Film · Famiglia · 1990

50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
9.0

Film · Documentario · 1989

The Song of the Cloud Forest
N/D

Film · Famiglia · 1989

An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz
10.0

Film · Documentario · 1989

Miss Piggy's Hollywood
N/D

Film · 1989

Dog City
8.3

Film · Famiglia · 1989

Free to Be... a Family
8.8

Film · Commedia · 1988

Wow, You're A Cartoonist!
10.0

Film · Famiglia · 1988

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
7.0

Film · Famiglia · 1988

The Best of Ernie and Bert
7.0

Film · Famiglia · 1988

The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant
N/D

Film · Fantasy · 1988

Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along
N/D

Film · Famiglia · 1988

Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear
6.0

Film · Famiglia · 1988

The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death
N/D

Film · 1988

A Muppet Family Christmas
6.9

Film · Famiglia · 1987

Down at Fraggle Rock
N/D

Film · Documentario · 1987

Sesame Street: Sing Along
6.0

Film · Famiglia · 1987

Inside the Labyrinth
7.6

Film · Documentario · 1986

The Christmas Toy
6.7

Film · Famiglia · 1986

Labyrinth - Dove tutto è possibile
7.3

Film · Avventura · 1986

Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
7.0

Film · Famiglia · 1986

The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
7.2

Film · Famiglia · 1986

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
6.4

Film · Famiglia · 1986

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
N/D

Film · Famiglia · 1986

Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers
10.0

Film · Famiglia · 1986

Follow That Bird
6.4

Film · Famiglia · 1985

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
7.0

Film · Commedia · 1985

Muppet Treasures
7.0

Film · Commedia · 1985

The Muppet Revue
N/D

Film · Musica · 1985

Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
7.0

Film · Commedia · 1985

Night of 100 Stars II
8.0

Film · Commedia · 1985

Tutto in una notte
6.5

Film · Thriller · 1985

Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
8.0

Film · Commedia · 1985

The Bells of Fraggle Rock
6.0

Film · Famiglia · 1984

I Muppet alla conquista di Broadway
6.6

Film · Romance · 1984

Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
6.9

Film · Documentario · 1984

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
8.9

Film · Documentario · 1983

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
6.6

Film · Famiglia · 1983

Big Bird in China
6.4

Film · Fantasy · 1983

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
6.8

Film · Commedia · 1983

Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
N/D

Film · Famiglia · 1983

The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
6.7

Film · Documentario · 1983

Dark Crystal
7.1

Film · Avventura · 1982

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
8.3

Film · televisione film · 1982

I Love Liberty
N/D

Film · Musica · 1982

Of Muppets & Men
7.3

Film · Documentario · 1981

Muppet Side Splitter
N/D

Film · Commedia · 1981

Giallo in casa Muppet
6.9

Film · Commedia · 1981

The Muppets Go to the Movies
7.1

Film · televisione film · 1981

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
7.1

Film · Famiglia · 1979

Ecco il film dei Muppet
7.2

Film · Famiglia · 1979

Tutti a Hollywood con i Muppet
6.3

Film · televisione film · 1979

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
N/D

Film · Commedia · 1979

The Orson Welles Show
8.0

Film · televisione film · 1979

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
7.5

Film · Commedia · 1978

Hip Hip Parade!
N/D

Film · Documentario · 1978

Mickey's 50
9.0

Film · Documentario · 1978

Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
7.0

Film · televisione film · 1978

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
6.9

Film · Famiglia · 1977

The Royal Variety Performance 1977
N/D

Film · 1977

Sesamstraße - Wissen Sie wo Ernie wohnt?
N/D

Film · Documentario · 1975

Julie: My Favourite Things
N/D

Film · Commedia · 1975

Muppet Picker Upper
N/D

Film · Commedia · 1975

The Muppet Introduction
N/D

Film · Commedia · 1975

Out to Lunch
8.0

Film · Commedia · 1974

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
6.8

Film · Famiglia · 1972

The King of Eight
10.0

Film · Musica · 1971

Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
6.8

Film · Fantasy · 1971

The Queen of Six
N/D

Film · Animazione · 1971

Pure Goldie
8.0

Film · Commedia · 1971

Number Twelve Rocks
N/D

Film · 1971

The Great Santa Claus Switch
6.3

Film · Avventura · 1970

Doll House
N/D

Film · 1970

The Muppets on Puppets
8.0

Film · Documentario · 1970

This Way to Sesame Street
N/D

Film · Famiglia · 1969

Sam the Snake
N/D

Film · Animazione · 1969

Sesame Street Pitch Reel
9.0

Film · Famiglia · 1969

Hey Cinderella!
7.0

Film · Fantasy · 1969

The Cube
7.1

Film · Dramma · 1969

The Wizard of Id
N/D

Film · Commedia · 1969

Wheels That Go
6.4

Film · Musica · 1967

Ripples
6.7

Film · Fantascienza · 1967

The Paperwork Explosion
N/D

Film · Commedia · 1967

Bufferin: Memories
N/D

Film · 1967

Limbo: The Organized Mind
8.5

Film · Fantasy · 1966

The Idea Man
N/D

Film · Animazione · 1966

I'm Nobody
N/D

Film · Musica · 1966

Rowlf the Salesman
N/D

Film · Commedia · 1966

The Reindeer
N/D

Film · Commedia · 1965

Alexander the Grape
6.0

Film · Animazione · 1965

Run, Run
7.0

Film · Famiglia · 1965

Time Piece
7.2

Film · Commedia · 1965

Robot
4.8

Film · Fantascienza · 1963

Tales of the Tinkerdee
6.5

Film · Commedia · 1962

Shearing Animation
6.8

Film · Animazione · 1962

Drums West
7.2

Film · Animazione · 1961

Visual Thinking
N/D

Film · Commedia · 1961

Cat and Mouse
N/D

Film · Animazione · 1960

Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party
9.0

Film

Serie TV

In Their Own Words
N/D

Serie · 2015

Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
5.5

Serie · Animazione · 2002

Sesame Unpaved
N/D

Serie · Kids · 1999

The Jim Henson Hour
8.9

Serie · Famiglia · 1989

The Storyteller
8.2

Serie · Action & Adventure · 1988

Dolly
10.0

Serie · Commedia · 1987

Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
7.2

Serie · Famiglia · 1987

CBS Summer Playhouse
7.0

Serie · Action & Adventure · 1987

Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
8.3

Serie · Kids · 1985

Muppet Babies
7.9

Serie · Animazione · 1984

Reading Rainbow
8.3

Serie · Kids · 1983

Fraggle Rock
7.3

Serie · Kids · 1983

Wogan
5.3

Serie · Talk · 1982

The Muppet Show
8.0

Serie · Commedia · 1976

Saturday Night Live
7.0

Serie · Commedia · 1975

Great Performances
6.0

Serie · Commedia · 1971

Sesamo apriti!
7.1

Serie · Kids · 1969

The Dick Cavett Show
6.8

Serie · Talk · 1968

NBC Experiment in Television
N/D

Serie · Dramma · 1967

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.5

Serie · Talk · 1962

The Mike Douglas Show
5.8

Serie · Commedia · 1961

Sam and Friends
9.5

Serie · Commedia · 1955

The Wonderful World of Disney
7.9

Serie · Action & Adventure · 1954

Oscars: La notte in diretta
7.0

Serie · 1953

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
8.0

Serie · 1948