"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Ballantine Books ... in 2013"--Title page verso. Jim Henson was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the world, ...

Brian Jay Jones’ biography of Jim Henson, simply titled “Jim Henson: The Biography,” is almost sublime in its sweetness, which, considering the subject of the work, is entirely appropriate.The creator ...

If ever you had a single question about the felt magic Jim Henson managed to create, chances are Brian Jay Jones’ sweeping new biography of the puppeteer will answer it. Wondered why Miss Piggy is the ...

A new documentary is set for release on the life and legacy of Jim Henson. "Jim Henson Idea Man," directed by Academy Award winner Ron Howard, will premiere on May 31 on Disney+ and is going to ...

There’s one salient fact about Jim Henson that even most of us longtime Muppet mavens were unfamiliar with prior to Brian Jay Jones’s 2013 biography — and which now becomes the most important point of ...

Jim Henson’s work with puppets is legendary, and on Saturday people online celebrated some decidedly different Muppet brilliance from Henson’s career. Much like Michelle Pfeiffer’s Batman Returns whip ...

The trouble with writing a biography about a figure as boundlessly creative as Jim Henson – say, Brian Jay Jones’ Jim Henson: The Biography from 2013 – is that the book can go only so far in conveying ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Time Piece, an Academy Award-nominated short film from director Jim Henson, is heading to Kanopy ...

The Sesame Street auteur who made the Muppets into a global entertainment and merchandising juggernaut seems almost as winsome as his cute, furry creations in this adulatory biography. Jones ...