Halle Stanford

Executive Vice President of Children's Entertainment

Halle Stanford began her relationship with The Jim Henson Company in 1993 and has developed and produced many well-known properties for the company since that time. She has most recently overseen, and been one of the executive producers on, the PBS KIDS series "Sid the Science Kid" and "Dinosaur Train" as well as "Pajanimals" on Sprout and "Me and My Monsters" for BBC. Halle leads the company's development and production of all preschool and children's programming for television, direct-to-video and online projects in animated and live-action formats. Other credits include "The Possibility Shop" on FamilyFun.com and ""Wilson & Ditch: Digging America" on PBSKIDSGo.org. She is currently in production on "Doozers," a CG animated series based on the popular "Fraggle Rock" characters, which will premiere on Cartoonito in fall 2013. Her previous Henson projects have included "Frances," ""Animal Jam" and "Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola," which she also executive produced, and the successful franchise "Bear in the Big Blue House."

Ms. Stanford holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Film and Theater from Wesleyan University and lives in Los Angeles with her sons Max and Theo.