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Jim Henson

1936 - 1990

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James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, animator, actor, and filmmaker who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets. Henson was also well known for creating Fraggle Rock (1983–1987) and as the director of The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986). Born in Greenville, Mississippi, and raised in both Leland, Mississippi, and University Park, Maryland, Henson began developing puppets in high school. He created Sam and Friends (1955–1961), a short-form comedy television program on WRC-TV, while he was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, in collaboration with fellow student Jane Nebel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Henson is the 345th most popular film director (down from 306th in 2019), the 2,629th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,937th in 2019) and the 100th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jim Henson ranks 345 out of 2,041. Before him are Hideaki Anno, Satoshi Kon, Ub Iwerks, Jean Girault, Barbet Schroeder, and Francis Veber. After him are Samuel Fuller, Leo McCarey, William Kennedy Dickson, Kira Muratova, Ermanno Olmi, and Víctor Erice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Jim Henson ranks 135. Before him are Han Seung-soo, Ivan Stambolić, Wolf Biermann, Floyd Westerman, Christiane Martel, and Henry Lee Lucas. After him are Jo Siffert, Raimonds Pauls, Masako Nozawa, Frances Shand Kydd, Nino Castelnuovo, and Hifikepunye Pohamba. Among people deceased in 1990, Jim Henson ranks 72. Before him are Meir Kahane, Edmund Conen, Art Blakey, Curtis LeMay, Tadeusz Kantor, and Nicola Abbagnano. After him are Samuel Noah Kramer, Samuel Doe, David Rose, Dexter Gordon, Martin Ritt, and Vaso Čubrilović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Henson ranks 2,629 out of 20,380. Before him are John de Lancie (1948), Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), Kirsten Dunst (1982), Joan Rivers (1933), and Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858). After him are Anthony Kiedis (1962), Robert Trujillo (1964), Samuel Fuller (1912), John Barrymore (1882), Frederick Schule (1879), and Johnny Sins (1978).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Jim Henson ranks 100. Before him are John Hughes (1950), Joseph Losey (1909), Steven Soderbergh (1963), Tex Avery (1908), Darren Aronofsky (1969), and Ub Iwerks (1901). After him are Samuel Fuller (1912), Leo McCarey (1898), Chris Sanders (1962), Merian C. Cooper (1893), Martin Ritt (1914), and Ray Harryhausen (1920).

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