Lisa Henson
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- May 9, 1960 (age 66)
- Birthplace
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Biography
Lisa Marie Henson (born May 9, 1960) is an American television and film producer involved in television shows such as Sid the Science Kid. She is the CEO of The Jim Henson Company, founded by her parents, Jim and Jane Henson. Henson was born in Westchester County, New York and attended Byrum Hill High School. She is the daughter and the oldest child of puppeteers Jane (née Nebel; 1934–2013) and Jim Henson(1936–1990), and she has four younger siblings: Cheryl (born 1961), Brian (born 1963), John(1965–2014), and Heather Henson (born 1970). Henson has an undergraduate degree from Harvard University, where she studied ancient Greek and folklore mythology. In 1982, while at Harvard, Henson was elected president of The Harvard Lampoon, the first woman to serve in this position. In comedy, she was known for her visual representation of humour and art parody. Starting in 1983, Henson worked at Warner Bros., where she was first an executive assistant. By 1991, she was promoted to executive vice president. In 1993, Henson was named president of worldwide production at Columbia Pictures. Before this, her work was on the production of movies such as Lethal Weapon and the Batman films. She has also served on the Harvard Board of Overseers. As of 2024, Henson is the CEO of The Jim Henson Company. In 2012, she joined other companies that sought to avoid connections with Chick-fil-A due to their opposition to gay marriage. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lisa Henson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Photos
Filmography
Muppet Man
Movie · Producer
Untitled Labyrinth Sequel
Movie · Producer
Third Shift Society
TV · Executive Producer · 1 ep
Lore Olympus
TV · Executive Producer · 1 ep
Wowsabout!
Movie · Executive Producer
Fraggle Rock: A Holiday Gift
Movie · Executive Producer
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
Movie · Producer
The First Snow of Fraggle Rock
Movie · Executive Producer
The Portable Door
Movie · Producer
The Monk and the Gun
Movie · Executive Producer
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Movie · Producer
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
TV · Executive Producer · 27 eps
Harriet the Spy
TV · Executive Producer · 20 eps
The Haunted Swordsman
Movie · Executive Producer
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
TV · Executive Producer · 10 eps
The Happytime Murders
Movie · Executive Producer
The Star
Movie · Executive Producer
Dot.
TV · Executive Producer · 78 eps
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
Movie · Executive Producer
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Movie · Producer
No, You Shut Up!
TV · Executive Producer · 9 eps
Boxing Day
Movie · Executive Producer
Unstable Fables: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Movie · Producer
Me and My Monsters
TV · Producer · 13 eps
Late Night Liars
TV · Producer · 10 eps
Dinosaur Train
TV · Executive Producer · 158 eps
The Kreutzer Sonata
Movie · Executive Producer
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
Movie · Producer
Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby
Movie · Producer
Sid the Science Kid
TV · Executive Producer · 67 eps
Pajanimals
TV · Executive Producer · 63 eps
MirrorMask
Movie · Executive Producer
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Movie · Executive Producer
Five Children and It
Movie · Producer
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
TV · Producer · 13 eps
Good Boy!
Movie · Producer
High Crimes
Movie · Executive Producer
The Weight of Water
Movie · Executive Producer
ivans xtc.
Movie · Executive Producer
Zero Effect
Movie · Producer