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Jim and Jane Henson officially founded Muppets, Inc. on November 20, 1958, three years after Sam and Friends debuted on WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. Aside from Sam and Friends, the majority of its work until 1969 was in advertising; appearances on late-night talk shows; and short "meeting films" primarily for enterprise use, produced from 1965 to 1996.
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Jim Henson Pictures was an American film studio owned by The Jim Henson Company and led by Brian and Lisa Henson, the oldest son and daughter, respectively, of Muppets creator Jim Henson. It was originally founded on July 21, 1995, by Brian as a joint venture between Jim Henson Productions and Sony Pictures Entertainment. [1] [2]
Walt Disney Pictures also co-produced the fourth and fifth Muppets films, The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) and Muppet Treasure Island (1996), with Jim Henson Productions. [20] The characters subsequently starred in Muppets Tonight , which aired on ABC from 1996 to 1998; and a sixth film, Muppets from Space , released by Columbia Pictures in 1999.
English: Jim Henson Pictures logo. Date: 23 January 2014, 14:23:56: ... Logotipo do Jim Henson Pictures (1997), com a sombra do Kermit, o Sapo. 13:24, 23 January 2014:
Brian Jay Jones wrote the book Jim Henson: The Biography. It was released on what would have been Henson's 77th birthday, September 24, 2013. [86] The moving-image collection of Jim Henson, which contains the film work of Jim Henson and The Jim Henson Company, [87] is held at the Academy Film Archive.
Fraggle Rock debuted in 1983 as one of the first shows involving the collaboration of Henson International Television (HiT Entertainment from 1989), the international arm of Jim Henson Productions. The co-production brought together British regional ITV franchise-holder Television South (TVS), CBC Television (Canada), and U.S. pay-TV service ...
In 1989, Jim Henson Productions spun off Henson International Television and changed its name to HIT Communications PLC. Beginning in the late-1980s, Jim Henson Productions began negotiations with The Walt Disney Company regarding a possible purchase of a merger. Upon hearing these talks, Orton and other employees at HIT! convinced Henson to ...