Brian Henson Filmography

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Ashanti, Queen Latifah

Synopsis: L. Frank Baum's enduring fantasy story gets a new and very funny spin in this made-for-TV comedy. Dorothy (Ashanti) is a young woman who works in a diner in Kansas owned by her Aunt Em (Queen Latifah) and dreams of one day making it big as a singer. When a tornado makes its way through the trailer Read More

The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: Horton Has a Hit

Crew: Executive Producer

The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: The Sounds All Around

Crew: Executive Producer

The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: Who Are You, Sue Snue?

Crew: Executive Producer

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars

Crew: Director, Executive Producer

Actors: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Gigi Edgley, Wayne Pygram, Jonathan Hardy, Paul Goddard

Synopsis: The cult-favorite science fiction series Farscape comes to a close with this miniseries. The bloodthirsty Scarran Empire unexpectedly declares war against the Peacekeeper Alliance, and the Peacekeepers are forced to strike back with all they have. The Peacekeepers' last, best hope lies in Read More

Bear in the Big Blue House: Show Your Stuff

Crew: Executive Producer

Bear in the Big Blue House: The Great Bandini

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Whoopi Goldberg

Bear in the Big Blue House: As Different as Day and Night

Crew: Executive Producer

Bear in the Big Blue House: Bats are People Too

Crew: Executive Producer

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Steve Whitmire, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz

Synopsis: What would life amongst the Muppets have been without their unofficial leader Kermit the Frog? That's the question posed by this made-for-TV confection, which not only spoofs the Yuletide classic It's a Wonderful Life, but also takes satirical aim at such pop cultural phenomena as Moulin Rouge and Fear Factor Read More

Rat

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Pete Postlethwaite, Imelda Staunton, Frank Kelly, David Wilmot, Kerry Condon, Andrew Lovern

Synopsis: In this Irish fable, a man named Hubert Flynn (Pete Postlethwaite) lives in Dublin and takes pride in his indulgence in beer, gambling, and ignoring his patient wife Conchita (Imelda Staunton). One night, after having a few at the local pub, he slowly begins to evolve into a rat, which has an Read More

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

Crew: Director, Executive Producer, Screen Story

Synopsis: Wealthy businessman Jack Robinson (Matthew Modine) is building a new casino on the site of the family castle in England when the construction crew makes a startling discovery: They find the skeleton of a gigantic human being. Soon, foul weather and natural disasters occur at an unnatural rate. Read More

Bear in the Big Blue House: A Big Blue Housecall

Crew: Executive Producer

Bear in the Big Blue House: That Healing Feeling

Crew: Executive Producer

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Harland Williams, Kevin Clash, Fran Brill, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Dave Goelz, Joseph Mazzarino, Martin P. Robinson, David Rudman, Steve Whitmire, Frank Oz, Mandy Patinkin, Vanessa Williams, Sonia Manzano, Roscoe Orman, Carmen Osbahr, Alison Bartlett O'Reilly, Ruth Buzzi, Emilio Delgado, Loretta Long, Bob McGrath

Synopsis: One of the most popular characters on Sesame Street gets his own movie in this family comedy. Playful Elmo (voice of Kevin Clash) loves his blue blanket and would never want to lose it. So when it gets spirited off to parts unknown in the midst of a tug-of-war with one of his friends, Elmo sets Read More

Muppets from Space

Crew: Producer

Actors: Kirk Thatcher, Ken Kaufman, Mark Nutter, Thomas Wolfe, Jeffrey Tambor, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Brian Henson, Ray Liotta, David Arquette, Andie MacDowell

Synopsis: At long last, the secret of just what the Great Gonzo happens to be is revealed! As Gonzo and his friend Rizzo hit the road in search of their roots, Gonzo makes a shocking discovery: his parents are actually space aliens from another galaxy. After announcing this startling news on Miss Piggy's Read More

Construction Site [Animated Series]

Crew: Executive Producer

Farscape: Exodus from Genesis

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Still escaping from the PeaceKeepers, the living starship Moya and her crew are shielded from detection by an instellar phenomenon, the handiwork of an insectoid race called the Drak. Partly out of necessity, partly out of gratitude, the crew agrees to protect the Drak queen during her spawning Read More

Bear in the Big Blue House: Potty Time with Bear

Crew: Executive Producer

Synopsis: Characters from Bear in the Big Blue House help teach kids the basics of toilet training using fun and song. Each character has a problem associated with using the potty, such as fear of the unknown and asking for permission, and Bear tries to help him or her overcome it. His gentle instruction Read More

The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: The Cat in The Hat's First First-Day

Crew: Executive Producer

The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: The Cat in The Hat's Flower Power

Crew: Executive Producer

Buddy

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Rene Russo, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Cumming, Irma P. Hall, Peter Anthony Elliott, Paul Reubens

Synopsis: A lot of people like to say that their pets think they're human, but Trudy Lintz (Rene Russo) has taken this notion to a new level: she likes to treat her pets as if they were human. A wealthy New Yorker, Trudy has a menagerie of animals living in her apartment, including dogs, horses, ducks, and Read More

Muppet Treasure Island

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Tim Curry, Jennifer Saunders, Kevin Bishop, Billy Connolly, Frank Oz

Synopsis: Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a young orphan who becomes involved with pirate Long John Silver is given the Muppet treatment in this vibrant children's musical. As in The Muppet Christmas Carol, the film stays loyal to the original storyline but casts the well-known puppets in many of Read More

Gulliver's Travels

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, James Fox, Ned Beatty, Geraldine Chaplin

Synopsis: Originally aired on the NBC network as a two-part miniseries, this all-star adventure is perhaps one of the most complete and faithful retellings of 18th-century author Jonathan Swift's epic social satire on film. Nine years after he set sail from England, a bedraggled, disoriented Dr. Lemuel Read More

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Michael Caine, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz

Synopsis: Brian Henson, the son of Muppet founder Jim Henson, took over directing duties after the untimely death of his father for The Muppet Christmas Carol, a sluggish re-telling of the Charles Dickens tale. Michael Caine, surrounded by legions of fuzzy, felt puppets, plays it straight as the crotchety Read More

Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Greek Myths [TV Series]

The Christmas Toy

Synopsis: Hosted by the green frog, Kermit, this Christmas tale features Christmas at the Joneses. Watch as all the toys comes alive to enjoy the holiday. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Jim Henson's The Storyteller [TV Series]

Labyrinth

Actors: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Brian Henson, Shelley Thompson, Christopher Malcolm

Synopsis: George Lucas produced and Jim Henson directed this gothic fantasy which pits living and breathing actors Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie (who, along with Trevor Jones, provides the film's music) against a motley collection of Muppet monsters. The film centers upon teenage Sarah (Connelly), who Read More

Return to Oz

Actors: Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Fairuza Balk, Piper Laurie, Matt Clark

Synopsis: This '80s follow-up to The Wizard of Oz is based upon two of L. Frank Baum's later Oz books. In Return to Oz (a version that may be a bit too scary for young children), Auntie Em sends Dorothy to a sanitarium where hopefully she will clear her head from all of the "Oz nonsense." This Read More

Split Image

Actors: Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter Fonda, James Woods, Elizabeth Ashley

Synopsis: Sure to generate conversation, this provocative drama tells the story of how a middle-class family is torn apart when their clean-cut high-achieving son, who has the potential of making it on the Olympic gymnast team, suddenly joins a religious cult. The parents become deeply worried and try to Read More

The Great Muppet Caper

Actors: Charles Grodin, Diana Rigg

Synopsis: The Great Muppet Caper is the second Muppet film and it is considerably more complex than its predecessor, The Muppet Movie, which was essentially just a road movie. As the film begins, Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear are reporters who have failed to bag a story of a London jewel heist, which Read More

Bear in the Big Blue House: Summer Cooler

Crew: Executive Producer

Bear in the Big Blue House: Falling for Fall

Crew: Executive Producer