Lisa Henson

Producer

May 9, 1960 (66 years)

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…

Filmography

6.4

Dinosaur Train

Join Buddy, a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and his adoptive Pteranodon family on a whimsical voyage through prehistoric jungles, swamps, volcanoes and oceans, as they unearth basic concepts in life science, natural history and paleontology.

7.8

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Return to the world of Thra, where three Gelfling discover the horrifying secret behind the Skeksis' power and set out to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their world.

7.2

Harriet the Spy

Outspoken and perpetually curious. That's 11-year-old Harriet in a nutshell. But if she’s going to be Harriet M. Welsch, future writer, she'll need to know everything. And to know everything means she'll need to spy...on everyone.

7.8

Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock

Join Gobo, Red, Wembley, Mokey, Boober, and new Fraggle friends on hilarious, epic adventures about the magic that happens when we celebrate and care for our interconnected world.

8.0

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.

6.5

The Star

A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the greatest story ever told: the first Christmas.

7.0

The First Snow of Fraggle Rock

When the holidays are filled with unexpected adventures and challenges, the Fraggles learn to appreciate each day for being unique and special, like a snowflake.

6.2

Sid the Science Kid

Sid is an "inquisitive youngster" who uses comedy to tackle questions kids have about basic scientific principles and why things work the way they do.

7.0

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital

Kingdom is a hospital whose bizarre population includes a brilliant surgeon who lives in the basement, a nearly blind security guard and a nurse who regularly faints at the sight of blood. But when patients and staff hear the voice of a girl crying through the halls and a patient destined for life as a paraplegic miraculously recovers, they are dismissive of any suggestion of mysticism or unseen powers... at their own peril.

6.4

MirrorMask

In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.

6.4

High Crimes

A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer who has been AWOL for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.

10.0

Dot.

8-year-old Dot is a ball of energy who launches herself into adventures and fearlessly sets about solving problems (which she most likely created herself) in the same way any 8-year-old would... by messing up a lot and laughing even more.

7.0

Pajanimals

Jim Henson's Pajanimals is a children's TV series on PBS Kids Sprout. The Pajanimals are characters that were made by Jim Henson's Creature Shop at The Jim Henson Company.

6.2

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip

Eleven-year-old Alexander and his family embark on a dream Spring Break vacation to Mexico City only to have all their plans go terribly wrong when they discover a cursed idol.

6.5

The Portable Door

Paul and Sophie, interns at a mysterious London firm, become steadily aware their employers Humphrey and Dennis are anything but conventional – they are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices.

5.8

The Happytime Murders

In a world where humans coexist with puppets—who are seen as lesser citizens—cast members of a beloved 1990s children's television series begin getting murdered one by one. Puppet Phil Philips, an ex-LAPD detective-turned-private eye, takes on the case at the request of his old boss in order to assist his former partner, Detective Connie Edwards.

6.2

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother, and sister all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

5.6

Good Boy!

An intergalactic dog pilot from Sirius (the dog star), visits Earth to verify the rumors that dogs have failed to take over the planet.

5.5

The Weight of Water

A newspaper photographer researches an 1873 double homicide and finds her own life paralleling that of a witness who survived the tragic ordeal.

4.0

Me and My Monsters

Me and My Monsters the story of the Carlson family who have recently relocated from Australia to the UK to discover there are three out of control hilarious monsters living in their basement.