The Jim Henson Company
Type	Private
Founded	New York (1958)
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California; offices and production facilities in New York City and London
Key people	Brian Henson, Co-Chair & Co-CEO Lisa Henson, Co-Chair & Co-CEO
Industry	Entertainment
Revenue	N/A
Website	www.henson.com

Jim Hensen Company in Los Angeles

The Jim Henson Company is an American company founded in 1958 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. The company is now run by his children, Brian, Lisa, Cheryl, John and Heather; Brian and Lisa serve as co-chairs and co-CEOs. The Muppets helped the company gain worldwide acclaim in family entertainment for more than four decades. The company's units include Jim Henson's Creature Shop, a renowned animatronics and visual effects workshop. The Jim Henson Company used to have an international television distribution arm, Henson International Television, however, its use was shortlived only to be sold to members of Henson and renamed HIT Entertainment. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 283 pixel Image in higher resolution (960 × 340 pixel, file size: 32 KB, MIME type: image/png) The Jim Henson Company logo, www. ... A private company is a company that is independently owned. ... NY redirects here. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type mayor-council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D)  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  465. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Brian Henson (born 1963) is a puppeteer, director, and producer. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 527 pixel Image in higher resolution (1577 × 1039 pixel, file size: 938 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): The Jim Henson... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 527 pixel Image in higher resolution (1577 × 1039 pixel, file size: 938 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): The Jim Henson... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was the most widely known American puppeteer in modern American television history. ... The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters, and the company created by Jim Henson. ... Brian Henson (born 1963) is a puppeteer, director, and producer. ... Jim Hensons Creature Shop is a company founded in 1979 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. ... The new HIT Entertainment logo, introduced in June 2006. ...

The company was originally founded as Muppets, Inc. The name was later changed to Henson Associates (commonly abbreviated ha!), then to Jim Henson Productions in 1988, and its present name in the late 1990s. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

Nine months before Jim Henson's death on May 16, 1990, he was negotiating the sale of his company to The Walt Disney Company for a reported $150 million. However, the deal fell through after his passing and the company remained independent. May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (137th in leap years). ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...

On February 21, 2000, it was announced that German media company EM.TV & Merchandising AG would buy The Jim Henson Company for $680 million. Soon after EM.TV's stock began to plummet and Henson was put up for sale a year later. February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... EM.TV AG (formerly EM.TV & Merchandising AG) is a Munich-based media group; EM.TV stands for Entertainment, Merchandising, TV. [edit] History EM.TV was founded by Thomas Haffa. ...

In May 7, 2003, the Henson family repurchased the Henson Company for $78 million. Nine months later they sold the rights to the Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House to The Walt Disney Company, 15 years after the first Disney-Muppet deal had been announced. May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bear in the Big Blue House is a television program for young children produced for the Disney Channel by The Jim Henson Company. ... The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...

Kermit the Frog served as the mascot for The Jim Henson Company until the sale of the Muppet characters to Disney. Kermit singing Bein Green in the first season of Sesame Street. ...

In March 15, 2005, The Jim Henson Company announced that they are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the company with a number of events, starting with screenings of The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth on April 23 at the Newport Beach Film Festival. 2005 marks 50 years since the premiere of Jim Henson's first show on TV, Sam and Friends. March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Dark Crystal is a 1982 fantasy film by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. ... Labyrinth is a 1986 fantasy film directed by Jim Henson, produced by George Lucas, and designed through the art of Brian Froud and Henson, with screenwriting by Henson, childrens author Dennis Lee, and Monty Python alumnus Terry Jones. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (114th in leap years). ... The Newport Beach Film Festival is a film festival in the United States held in Newport Beach, California and showcases over 350 films to more than 30,000 attendees annually. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was the most widely known American puppeteer in modern American television history. ... Sam and Friends was an early live-action/puppet television show created by puppeteer Jim Henson and his eventual wife Jane. ...

The Jim Henson Company produced the television show Farscape for the Sci-Fi channel. The many puppet characters on Farscape were created in the Henson Creature Shop. Farscape (1999 – 2003) is a science fiction television series, featuring a present-day astronaut who accidentally travels through a wormhole to a distant part of the galaxy. ...

The Jim Henson Company also produced MirrorMask, released in 2005, which was written by popular author Neil Gaiman. MirrorMask is a 2005 film from the Jim Henson Company, Samuel Goldwyn Films, and Destination Films. ... Neil Richard Gaiman () (born November 10, 1960, Portchester, Hampshire) is an English author of numerous science fiction and fantasy works, including many graphic novels. ...

List of shows and movies

• Frances (2006) (you saw the preview from HiT Entertainment.)
• MirrorMask (2005)
• The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)
• Play with Me Sesame (2002-2003)
• It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
• Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)
• The Hoobs (2001-)
• Construction Site (1999-)
• Farscape (1999-2003)
• Mopatop's Shop (1999-2002)
• Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
• Muppets From Space (1999)
• Bear in the Big Blue House (1997-2003)
• Muppets Tonight (1996-1998)
• Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
• The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996-1998)
• Secret Life of Toys (1994)
• Dog City (1992-1994)
• The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
• Dinosaurs (1991-1994)
• The Jim Henson Hour (1989)
• A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
• Puppetman (1987)
• The Storyteller (1987)
• The Christmas Toy (1986)
• Labyrinth (1986)
• Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986)
• Follow that Bird (1985)
• Little Muppet Monsters (1985)
• Muppet Babies (1984-1992)
• The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
• Fraggle Rock (1983-1987)
• The Dark Crystal (1982)
• The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
• The Muppet Movie (1979)
• The Muppet Show (1976-1981)
• Sesame Street (1969-)

MirrorMask is a 2005 film from the Jim Henson Company, Samuel Goldwyn Films, and Destination Films. ... Promotional poster The Muppets Wizard of Oz, an original made-for-television movie, aired May 20, 2005 as a special Friday night edition of ABCs The Wonderful World of Disney. ... Play With Me Sesame is a childrens television series spun-off Sesame Street. ... Its a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie is an NBC television movie produced by Jim Henson Television in 2002, starring Jim Hensons Muppets. ... Kermits Swamp Years is a live-action, made-for-video motion picture starring Jim Hensons Muppets. ... Hubba Hubba; hoob overlord. ... Cranes are essential in large construction projects, such as this skyscraper In project architecture and civil engineering, construction is the building or assembly of any infrastructure. ... Farscape (1999 – 2003) is a science fiction television series, featuring a present-day astronaut who accidentally travels through a wormhole to a distant part of the galaxy. ... Mopatops Shop, which premiered on CITV in the UK in 1999, features a large green Muppet named Mopatop and his red duck-like assistant Puppyduck. ... The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) is the second movie based on the characters of the childrens television series Sesame Street (after Follow that Bird). ... DVD cover Muppets From Space was the sixth feature film to star The Muppets, and the first since the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson to have an original Muppet-focused plot. ... Bear in the Big Blue House is a television program for young children produced for the Disney Channel by The Jim Henson Company. ... Muppets Tonight was a live-action/puppet television series created by Jim Henson Productions and featuring the Muppets. ... DVD cover Muppet Treasure Island was the fifth feature film to star The Muppets, and the second produced after the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson. ... The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss was a live-action/puppet television series based on characters created by Dr. Seuss, produced by Jim Henson Television, which aired for one season (1996–1997) on Nickelodeon. ... The Secret Life of Toys was a 1996 series based on the 1986 TV special The Christmas Toy. ... Jim Hensons Dog City title screen Dog City is a television series that aired on FOX from 1992 to 1994. ... The Muppet Christmas Carol was the fourth feature film to star The Muppets, and the first produced after the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Jim Henson Hour was a television show that aired on NBC in 1989. ... A Muppet Family Christmas is a made for TV movie produced in 1987, starring Jim Hensons Muppets. ... Puppetman, alias Senator Gregg Hartmann (D-NY) is a fictional character from the Wild Cards series of books. ... Jim Hensons The Storyteller The Storyteller is a television series devised and produced by Jim Henson, and first aired in 1988. ... The Christmas Toy is a 1986 made-for-TV movie by The Jim Henson Company. ... Labyrinth is a 1986 fantasy film directed by Jim Henson, produced by George Lucas, and designed through the art of Brian Froud and Henson, with screenwriting by Henson, childrens author Dennis Lee, and Monty Python alumnus Terry Jones. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sesame Street presents Follow That Bird. ... Little Muppet Monsters was a short-lived Saturday morning TV show, which aired only two episodes on CBS in 1985. ... Jim Hensons Muppet Babies is an American animated television series that aired from 1984 to 1991 on CBS. Loosely based on a sequence in the Muppet film The Muppets Take Manhattan, in which Miss Piggy imagined what it would be like if she and Kermit the Frog grew up... The Muppets Take Manhattan DVD cover The Muppets Take Manhattan is the third of a series of live-action musical feature films starring Jim Hensons Muppets. ... Fraggle Rock was a childrens television series with a total of 5 seasons and 96 episodes running from January 10, 1983 to March 30, 1987 on HBO in the United States. ... The Dark Crystal is a 1982 fantasy film by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. ... The Great Muppet Caper is the second of a series of live-action musical feature films, starring Jim Hensons Muppets. ... The Muppet Movie is the first of a series of live-action musical feature films starring Jim Hensons Muppets. ... The Muppet Show was a television program featuring a cast of Muppets (diverse hand-operated puppets, typically with oversized eyes and large moving mouths) produced by Jim Henson and his team from 1976 to 1981. ... Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ...

External links

• Henson.com -- official website
• Muppet News Flash - an unofficial news blog