Jim Henson

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

Contributions to film

The Muppet Show ended after a few seasons, but the characters have appeared in a long series of movies, beginning with 1979's The Muppet Movie. One song from that musical film, The Rainbow Connection, sung by Kermit, was nominated for an Oscar. The Muppet characters have also appeared in a large number of made-for-TV-movies and television specials.

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1979 - The Muppet Movie - Oscar

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Henson was also responsible for two non-Muppet Show-related movies, 1982's high fantasy The Dark Crystal and the 1986 Labyrinth, co-produced by George Lucas. To provide a visual style distinct from the Muppets, the puppets in these two movies were based on conceptual artwork by Brian Froud.

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1982 - The Dark Crystal - 1986 - Labyrinth - George Lucas - Brian Froud

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Henson also continued creating children's programs—Fraggle Rock and the animated Muppet Babies—and new prime-time ventures such as the mythology-oriented The Storyteller. The Jim Henson company continues to produce new series and specials.

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Fraggle Rock - Muppet Babies - The Storyteller

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In 1982, Henson founded the Jim Henson Foundation to promote and develop the art of puppetry in the United States.

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1982 - Jim Henson Foundation - Puppetry

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Henson also founded Jim Henson's Creature Shop to build creatures for a large number of other films and series (most recently the science fiction production Farscape), and is considered one of the most advanced and well respected creators of film creatures.

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Jim Henson's Creature Shop - Farscape

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