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.

Filmography

• 2026Wowsabout! — Executive Producer
• 2025Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip — Producer
• 2025The First Snow of Fraggle Rock — Executive Producer
• 2024Jim Henson Idea Man — Self, Thanks
• 2023The Monk and the Gun — Executive Producer
• 2023The Portable Door — Producer
• Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock — Executive Producer
• 2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio — Producer
• Harriet the Spy — Executive Producer
• The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance — Executive Producer
• 2019The Haunted Swordsman — Executive Producer
• 2018The Happytime Murders — Executive Producer
• 2017The Star — Executive Producer
• Dot. — Executive Producer
• 2015Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow — Executive Producer
• 2014Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day — Producer
• No, You Shut Up! — Executive Producer
• 2012Boxing Day — Executive Producer
• Late Night Liars — Producer
• Me and My Monsters — Producer
• 2010Unstable Fables: Goldilocks and the Three Bears — Producer
• Dinosaur Train — Executive Producer
• Pajanimals — Executive Producer
• Sid the Science Kid — Executive Producer, Creator
• 2008The Kreutzer Sonata — Executive Producer
• 2008Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby — Producer
• 2008Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare — Producer
• 2005MirrorMask — Executive Producer
• 2005The Muppets' Wizard of Oz — Executive Producer
• 2004Five Children and It — Producer
• Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital — Producer
• 2003Good Boy! — Producer
• 2002High Crimes — Executive Producer
• 2001The Weight of Water — Executive Producer
• 2000ivans xtc. — Margaret Mead, Executive Producer
• 1998Zero Effect — Producer
• 1990Jim Henson's Memorial Service
• 1979The Muppet Movie — Additional Muppet Performer
• 1965Run, Run — Child
• Lore Olympus — Executive Producer
• Muppet Man — Producer
• Third Shift Society — Executive Producer
• Untitled Labyrinth Sequel — Producer

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2021Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street — Self
• 2019The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance — Self
• 2015In Their Own Words: Jim Henson — Self - Daughter