For the company founded by Henson, see The Jim Henson Company.

James Maury Henson, commonly known as Jim Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer in modern American television history. He was also a filmmaker, television producer, and the founder of The Jim Henson Company, the Jim Henson Foundation, and Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

He was the creator of The Muppets and the leading force behind their long creative run. Henson brought an engaging cast of characters, innovative ideas, and a sense of timing and humor to millions of people. He is also widely acknowledged for the ongoing vision of faith, friendship, magic, and love which was infused in nearly all of his work.

Early work

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Born in Greenville, Mississippi, in 1936, Henson moved with his family to Hyattsville, Maryland, near Washington, D.C., in the late 1940s. In 1954, while attending Northwestern High School, he began working for WTOP-TV creating puppets for a Saturday morning children's show. The next year he created Sam and Friends, a five-minute puppet show for WRC-TV, while attending the University of Maryland, College Park. Sam and Friends were already recognizable Muppets, and the show included a primitive version of what would become Henson's signature character, Kermit the Frog. Already he was experimenting with the techniques that would change the way puppetry was used on television, notably using the frame defined by the camera shot to allow the puppeteer to work from off-camera.

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It's a shame to think that children these days don't know who Jim Henson was.
fuelbot (Brian) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:14:59 -0000
It's a shame to think that children these days don't know who Jim Henson was.
Ah.. "Testing" my PS3/Netflix streaming disc by re-watching (for the nth time) Jim Henson's The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death. Love it!
modernevil (Teel McClanahan III) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:34:08 -0000
Ah.. "Testing" my PS3/Netflix streaming disc by re-watching (for the nth time) Jim Henson's The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death. Love it!
#showsiusetowatch Dinosaurs the one done by Jim Henson
DJOfGallifrey (Blake) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:46:16 -0000
#showsiusetowatch Dinosaurs the one done by Jim Henson
Watching Jim Henson's "The Storyteller" series on Netflix streaming, and loving it. I never would've heard of it otherwise.
SpectreCollie (Chuck Jordan) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:55:09 -0000
Watching Jim Henson's "The Storyteller" series on Netflix streaming, and loving it. I never would've heard of it otherwise.
@lysapotamus its jim henson's the storyteller. Muppets telling greek mythology
drivingmecrazy (Amy B.) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:53:25 -0000
@lysapotamus its jim henson's the storyteller. Muppets telling greek mythology
@uhohhippos it was originally Jim Henson, so he kinda did already...
bottledgoose (Andee Browne) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:09:25 -0000
@uhohhippos it was originally Jim Henson, so he kinda did already...

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