Monday, November 10, 2008

Jim Henson



Today's generation of students grew up with Jim Henson, Fraggle Rock and the Dark Crystal. Henson was the most widely known puppeteers in American TV history. He was the creator of The Muppet's and the leading force behind their long run in the television series Sesame Street and The Muppet Show and films such as The Muppet Movie (1979) and The Storyteller(1988). He was also an Oscar-nominated film director Emmy Award-winning television producer, and the founder of The Jim Henson Company, the Jim Henson Foundation, and Jim Henson's Creature Shop. The surreal yet informative quality of his films and TV shows have informed all of today's emerging artist's


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