Brian Henson

Chairman
Director, Producer, Writer, Performer
The Jim Henson Company

Brian Henson (Executive Producer, Performer) is Chairman of The Jim Henson Company and an award-winning director, producer, writer and performer. Most recently he has served as an executive producer of the new hit series "Dinosaur Train" and the Emmy-nominated science-readiness pre-school series "Sid the Science Kid," both airing daily on PBS KIDS®. Henson also served as Executive Producer on the television projects "It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie," "Muppet Wizard of Oz," "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars" (which he also directed) and "Jim Henson's Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story" (which he also co-wrote and directed). He also directed "Battleground," an Emmy Award-winning episode of the "Nightmares & Dreamscapes" anthology for TBS. Previous television projects that Henson produced include "Farscape," "Bear in the Big Blue House," "Gulliver's Travels," "The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss," "Muppets Tonight" and "Dinosaurs." Henson's long list of film credits includes "The Great Muppet Caper," "Labyrinth," "The Witches," "Little Shop of Horrors," "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," "The Muppet Christmas Carol" and "Muppet Treasure Island."

Additionally Henson oversees the groundbreaking work at Jim Henson's Creature Shop™, one of Hollywood's preeminent character building, digital and physical visual effects facilities. Henson was part of the team that first created and utilized the Henson Performance Control System, a powerful custom-based interface for puppeteers, which won an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science Scientific and Engineering Award in 1992. He also lead the Shop's work with its revolutionary digital puppeteering technology, the Emmy® Award-winning Henson Digital Puppetry Studio that is featured on both "Sid the Science Kid" and "Wilson & Ditch: Digging America."

Henson created and launched the Company's live stage show "Puppet Up! - Uncensored" which has toured to Aspen, Las Vegas, Edinburgh, Sydney and Melbourne and appeared monthly at Avalon Hollywood.