Lisa Henson

Lisa Marie Henson (born May 9, 1960) is an American television and film producer who has been 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.

Early life and education Henson was born on May 9, 1960, in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut and Westchester County, New York. She attended Byram Hills 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 concentrated in Folklore and Mythology.

Career In 1982, while at Harvard, Henson was elected president of The Harvard Lampoon, In comedy, she was known for visual representation of humor, art parody.

Starting in 1983 Henson worked at Warner Bros. where she was first an executive assistant, and by 1991 she was promoted to executive vice president.

In 1993, Henson was named president of worldwide production at Columbia Pictures. Prior to this her work was on 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 who sought to avoid connections with Chick-fil-A due to their opposition to gay marriage.

Filmography Shorts Year Title Role 1965 Run, Run Child 2005 Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz Herself 2006 The Making of MirrorMask

Television

Film Year Title Role Notes 1998 Zero Effect Producer 2000 Ivans Xtc Margaret Mead, Executive producer The Weight of Water Executive producer 2002 High Crimes 2003 Good Boy! Producer 2004 Five Children and It 2005 MirrorMask Executive producer The Muppets' Wizard of Oz Television movie 2008 Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby Producer direct-to-video movie The Kreutzer Sonata Executive producer Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare Producer direct-to-video movie Unstable Fables: The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show 2012 Sid the Science Kid: The Movie Executive producer television movie 2014 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Producer 2015 Turkey Hollow Executive producer television movie 2017 The Star 2018 The Happytime Murders 2022 Pinocchio Producer 2023 The Portable Door Executive producer 2023 The Monk and the Gun Executive producer 2024 Jim Henson Idea Man Producer 2025 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip Producer

Music Videos Ben Folds Five's "Do It Anyway": Executive producer with Chris Hardwick