
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.

The King of Eight

The Jim Henson Hour

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

Limbo: The Organized Mind

The Storyteller

Dog City: The Movie

Muppet Babies

Fraggle Rock

ラビリンス/魔王の迷宮

Drums West

ダーククリスタル

The Cube

Time Piece

The Tale of the Bunny Picnic

Hey Cinderella!

Run, Run

The Best of Ernie and Bert

マペットの大冒険/宝石泥棒をつかまえろ!

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Shearing Animation

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets

Ripples

Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

The World of 'The Dark Crystal'

Wheels That Go

Alexander the Grape

Robot

The Wizard of Id

Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock

The Paperwork Explosion

The Song of the Cloud Forest

Cat and Mouse

The Idea Man

The Queen of Six

Doll House

Number Twelve Rocks

Muppet Picker Upper

Rowlf the Salesman

Visual Thinking

The Reindeer

I'm Nobody

Bufferin: Memories

The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death

The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant

Muppet*Vision 3-D

Sam the Snake

NBC Experiment in Television

The King of Eight

An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

Free to Be... a Family

Sesame Street Pitch Reel

Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party

Sam and Friends

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

The Jim Henson Hour

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play

Limbo: The Organized Mind

Reading Rainbow

Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters

Dog City: The Movie

The Muppets on Puppets

Night of 100 Stars II

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

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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

The Wonderful World of Disney

ジム・ヘンソン:アイディアマン

Inside the Labyrinth

ストリートギャング ~セサミストリートにたどり着くまで~

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The World of Jim Henson

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!

Fraggle Rock

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マペットの夢みるハリウッド

ダーククリスタル

Time Piece

The Muppets Go to the Movies

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

セサミストリート

Of Muppets & Men

Hey Cinderella!

The Very Best of the Muppet Show

Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

The Tale of the Bunny Picnic

The Best of Ernie and Bert

Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting

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

Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring

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サタデー・ナイト・ライブ

A Muppet Family Christmas

マペットの大冒険/宝石泥棒をつかまえろ!

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

The Dick Cavett Show

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets

The Christmas Toy

Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!

Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story

Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince

マペットめざせブロードウェイ!

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

The World of 'The Dark Crystal'

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

眠れぬ夜のために

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

Tales of the Tinkerdee

おうちに帰ろう、ビッグバード!

ザ・マペッツ2/ワールド・ツアー

The Earth Day Special

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet

The Great Santa Claus Switch

Sesame Street: Sing Along

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2

Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!

The Orson Welles Show

The Bells of Fraggle Rock

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

Sesame Street: Quiet Time

Out to Lunch

Alexander the Grape

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'

ビッグバード 中国への旅

Great Performances

Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame

The Mike Douglas Show

Wogan

I Love Liberty

Julie: My Favourite Things

Sesame Street: Imagine That!

Sesame Street: Learning About Letters

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff

Muppet Treasures

The Muppet Revue

The Wizard of Id

50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration

Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets

Hip Hip Parade!

Muppet Picker Upper

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3

The Paperwork Explosion

Miss Piggy's Hollywood

Down at Fraggle Rock

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

Muppet Side Splitter

Mickey's 50

Pure Goldie

Wow, You're A Cartoonist!

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories

The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street

The Muppet Introduction

Rowlf the Salesman

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

Joan Rivers at the BBC

The Idea Man

This Way to Sesame Street

Sesame Street at Night?

Visual Thinking

The Reindeer

The Muppet Script

I'm Nobody

Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites

A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show

Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers

Sesamstraße - Wissen Sie wo Ernie wohnt?

Getting Ready to Read

The Royal Variety Performance 1977

Muppet*Vision 3-D

Sam the Snake

Sesame Unpaved

NBC Experiment in Television

Dolly

In Their Own Words