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The Jim Henson Company (formerly known as Muppets, Inc., Henson Associates, Inc., and Jim Henson Productions, Inc.; commonly referred to as Henson) is an American entertainment company located in Los Angeles, California. The company is known for its innovations in the field of puppetry, particularly through the creation of Kermit the Frog and ...
- November 20, 1958; 64 years ago
- Puppetry, Animation, Computer graphics, Digital puppetry, Entertainment
- Henson family
- Jim Henson Company Lot, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Jim Henson and his performing partner and future wife Jane Nebel officially founded Muppets Inc. in 1958, three years after the debut of Sam and Friends. Aside from Sam and Friends, the majority of work that the company had until 1969 was creating characters for various commercials, variety show appearances, and a few meeting films for various comp...
The Jim Henson Company is independently owned and operated by the four adult children of Jim Henson--Brian, Lisa, Cheryl, and Heather--who all also sit on the company's board of directors. Sibling and fellow co-owner John Hensonsat on the board until his death in February 2014. Harvey Gettleson, John Hyde and Robin Russell also sit on the board. Br...
According to documents retrieved from the District of Columbia Archives, Articles of Incorporation for Muppets, Inc. were filed September 10, 1958 in Washington, D.C. by agents acting for Jim Henson and Jane Nebel. The Certificate of Incorporation was granted November 20 of that year. Not until the corporation filed its first annual report in 1959 ...
Home Video
Lionsgate held the video rights to the Jim Henson Company library from 2009-2012, and currently Gaiam Vivendi Entertainmentholds the video rights. However, video releases from these companies have not had special labels for the releases.
Jim Henson Television
The Jim Henson Company started using the "Jim Henson Television" logo in its programming in 1997. This logo also replaced the ending "Henson Associates" and "Jim Henson Productions" logo cards in other productions. On The Muppet Show, it replaced the ending shot of Zoot.
Albums
1. MuppetMusic (198?) 2. Jim Henson Records(1992-1994) (distributed by BMG Kidz)
During the 1980s, Fraggle Rock, Muppet Babies, and other productions used a number of animated logo sequences for Henson Associates, and later Jim Henson Productions. The main logo for Henson Associates featured the company's HA! initials, usually written in green on a white background. One of the final logos during this time had Jim Henson Product...
The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for over 50 years and is recognized worldwide as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics and digital...
The Jim Henson Company is a leader in family entertainment for over 60 years, with a history of innovating in puppetry, animatronics, and digital animation. It also operates Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Henson Soundstage, and Henson Recording Studios, and produces and provides services for various media platforms.
"The Jim Henson Company is internationally known for our world creation and character creation. And we are most inspired when a character has a richly authentic personality, and can be ...
Founder. (1936-1990) Jim Henson, an extraordinary artist and visionary, invented unique worlds and characters that remain just as vivid, original and fresh today as when they were created.
