Brian Henson Movies

In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second commercial beginnings to...

Gonzo and Rizzo host a presentation in the Muppet Theater of six fairy tales performed by the Muppets. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear,...

Theseus, with help from a beautiful princess, versus the savage Minotaur, half-man half-bull.

A witch weds a widowed king. Finding that his children pose a threat to her, she transforms the three boys into ravens. The girl escapes but is told...

Sequel set inside the weird fantasy realm of Jim Henson's Labyrinth. Plot TBA.

A beautiful princess seeking to escape an arranged marriage, flees to a distant kingdom and disguises herself as a loathsome hag. But then she falls...

In the 1930s, eccentric animal lover Trudy adopts a sickly baby gorilla named Buddy and raises him alongside chimpanzees as if they were her human...

A barren peasant woman, desperately craving a child, naively says aloud that she wouldn't care what it looks like. Soon enough, she gives birth to a...

Rowlf the Dog presents the concept of the revolutionary educational children's show, Sesame Street (1969), to Kermit the Frog.

The hero Perseus faces the Gorgon, Medusa.

The Storyteller recounts the time he was caught making a fool of the royal cook and, as punishment meted out by the King, must tell one story a day...

A white lion comes to the aid of a girl being held under the cruel care of a troll.

A young woman named Dorothy Gale dreams of becoming a singer but is unable to pursue her dreams. After being swept up by a tornado with her pet prawn...

The inventor Daedalus and his son Icarus flee from the wicked King Minos with the aid of Daedalus's man-made wings, but will Icarus heed his father's...

This short made as a pilot by The Jim Henson Company for the Logo Network in 2007 revolves around the lives of a gay couple, Bobby and Samson...

In the spring of 1984, a strange new comic book sat beside cash registers in select shops, too big to fit in the racks, and too weird to ignore....

Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From the iconic furry...

A carefree, absent-minded boy who is never scared goes on a strange journey to discover fear.

The musician Orpheus descends to Hades to bring back his dead wife, Eurydice.

A socially awkward young English boy deals with his fears about his unemployed artist father, his pregnant mother, and his asthma, with the help of...