Puppetry excellence and technological innovation come together in Jim Henson's Creature Shop's Emmy Award award-winning Henson Digital Puppetry Studio, which integrates Unreal Engine and motion capture with our own patented hardware and software. Check out our latest reel! #realtimeanimation #vitualproduction #unrealengine #puppetry #digitalpuppetry
Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Movies, Videos, and Sound
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About us
Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™ provides digital puppetry, animatronic creatures, animation, and soft puppets to the international film, television, theater, live event and advertising industries. Recent credits include Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+), Duff’s Happy Fun Bake Time (discovery+), The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Netflix), Word Party (Netflix), and Earth to Ned (Disney+). Based in Los Angeles and New York with satellite shop capabilities internationally, the Shop is known for designing and building some of the world’s best-known characters including the Sesame Street puppets and the classic Muppets, as well as the iconic characters from Dinosaurs, Farscape, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and many more. Other feature film credits include Where the Wild Things Are, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Five Children and It. The shop is also known for its live performance work with artists like Coldplay, Cee Lo Green, Kanye West, Lady Gaga and Deadmau5. A recipient of more than 9 Emmy Awards for its outstanding work building puppets for Sesame Street, the Shop also received an Academy Award for its visual effects work on the film Babe. Other awards include a Scientific and Engineering Academy Award for the Henson Performance Control System, a powerful custom-based interface for puppeteers, and an Emmy Award for its work in developing the Henson Digital Performance Studio, a patented control system technology that enables puppeteers to perform computer-generated characters in real time.
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- Industry
- Movies, Videos, and Sound
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- los angeles
- Type
- Public Company
- Specialties
- Special Effects, VFX, Puppets, Virtual Production, Digital Puppetry, Creatures, Puppetry, and Animation
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los angeles
los angeles, US
Employees at Jim Henson's Creature Shop
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“Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert” extends its North American tour through Spring 2025! Tickets go on sale October 4th to experience the 80s cult classic on screen with the iconic soundtrack performed by a live band on stage accompanied by David Bowie’s legendary vocals
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We love the Library Lion 🦁 #puppetry #stageshow #bunraku
How to bring a show to life Boston Public Library Adam Theater Ran Bechor Karin Sharav-Zalkind Boston Public Library Fund Jim Henson's Creature Shop Eli Bijaoui Michelle Knudsen
Adam Theater on Instagram: "Behind the Scenes Part III: On Location at the Boston Public Library 📚 @bplboston * * * #librarylion #bostonpubliclibrary #boston #jimhensoncompany #jimhensoncreatureshop #childrensbooks #theater #childrenstheatre #lion #puppet #puppetry"
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Join Kermit the Frog, Oscar the Grouch, and Gobo Fraggle as they celebrate Jim Henson, the man who inspired the lovers, the dreamers, and all of us to come and play, and dance our cares away. Happy Birthday, Jim! #JimHenson #JimHensonBirthday
Happy Birthday Jim Henson
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Strolling in to the first day of Fall🍁 See more of Junior Gorg on #FraggleRockBackToTheRock on #AppleTv
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Take a first look at early BTS pictures of "Grendel', the upcoming live-action fantasy flick, created by Brian Henson's team at The Jim Henson Company! https://lnkd.in/gmc5-t6J
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#CookieMonstersBakeSale premieres today on HBO Max! Congrats to the whole Sesame Workshop and our Creature Shop team for creating this delicious new series🍪 #puppets #childrenstelevision #cooking #cookies #hbomax
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We are proud to work with Hidden Pigeon Company to help bring The Pigeon to life! Watch The Pigeon in action in his latest video where he learns to play tag! #puppets
The Pigeon Explains How To Play Tag | Kids Video | Mo Willems Workshop
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Jim Henson's Creature Shop reposted this
Adam Theater’s behind the scenes from this weekend 📚🦁📖🎭 Coming soon the Boston Public Library ! Karin Sharav-Zalkind Ran Bechor Eli Bijaoui Michelle Knudsen Jim Henson's Creature Shop Boston Public Library Fund
Adam Theater on Instagram: "Thank you @berkshiretheatregroup for hosting a magical staged reading of “The Library Lion” at the beautiful Colonial Theatre on Saturday! We’re thrilled to have shared this special moment with you in advance of the Boston Public Library launch next month. 🦁📚 * * * #librarylion #ColonialTheatre #BPL #library #lion #bostonpubliclibrary #boston #jimhenson #theater #chil
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