Jim Henson

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1936 age 0

   Born

2. 1979 age 43

   CreditThe Muppet Movie

   CreditThe Muppet Movieproducer

   CreditThe Muppets Go Hollywoodproducer

3. 1981 age 45

   CreditThe Great Muppet Caperdirector

4. 1982 age 46

   CreditThe Dark Crystaldirector

   CreditThe Dark Crystalproducer

   CreditThe Dark Crystalscreenwriter

5. 1984 age 48

   CreditThe Muppets Take Manhattan

6. 1985 age 49

   CreditInto the Night

   CreditSesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird

7. 1986 age 50

   CreditLabyrinthdirector

   CreditLabyrinthscreenwriter

   CreditThe Christmas Toyproducer

   CreditThe Tale of the Bunny Picnic

   CreditThe Tale of the Bunny Picnicdirector

   CreditThe Tale of the Bunny Picnicproducer

8. 1987 age 51

   CreditA Muppet Family Christmas

   CreditA Muppet Family Christmasexecutive producer

9. 1990 age 53

   Died

   CreditThe Witchesproducer

• FOFrank Oz8 titles
• RHRichard Hunt7 titles
• SWSteve Whitmire7 titles
• JNJerry Nelson6 titles
• JJJerry Juhl4 titles
• JLJohn Landis3 titles
• DGDave Goelz3 titles
• KMKathryn Mullen3 titles
• ETEric Till3 titles
• EGElliott Gould2 titles

• Children

  • LHLisa Henson
  • BHBrian Henson
  • JHJohn Henson

Nothing recorded for: Spouse, Partner, Parents, Siblings, Influenced by, Studied under, Taught.

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  Photo:Gotfryd, Bernard, photographerPublic domain

• I suppose that he's an alter ego. But he's a little snarkier than I am - slightly wise. Kermit says things I hold myself back from saying.

  Jim Henson, CC BY-SA 4.0

• As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.

  Jim Henson, CC BY-SA 4.0

• There must be a lot of shy actor in puppeteering. His work is the puppeteer's statement. It's his outlet. If I had to face the audience myself, as Jim Henson, I'm sure I'd be just a bit shy. But when it's your puppets that face the audience, it's different. That I can do very easily.

  Jim Henson, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Personally, I prefer working in the background.

  Jim Henson, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Frankly, I'm a lot more comfortable if I'm wearing a puppet.

  Jim Henson, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I couldn't do ventriloquism. I don't have any interest in splitting myself in two, the way a ventriloquist does — half-himself, half the dummy on his knee.

  Jim Henson, CC BY-SA 4.0