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Portrait of Lisa Henson
Photograph: © The Jim Henson Company
On the opening day of 'Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company', join Lisa Henson, CEO of The Jim Henson Company, for a rare and intimate conversation reflecting on 70 years of the company’s creativity and innovation. Hosted by writer and broadcaster Benjamin Law.
Lisa Henson is CEO of The Jim Henson Company, overseeing production of some of the world's best-loved family entertainment. She recently produced the Oscar-winning Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio for Netflix, and executive produced the Emmy-winning Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock for Apple TV+. Her many television credits include the Emmy-winning The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and the PBS KIDS favourites Sid the Science Kid and Dinosaur Train. On the big screen, Lisa's feature credits include The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, MirrorMask, and Disney's Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. She is currently developing a sequel to the beloved fantasy classic Labyrinth. Before joining the Henson family business, Lisa was President of Columbia Pictures, where she oversaw hits including Little Women and Ang Lee's Oscar-winning Sense and Sensibility.
Benjamin Law is an Australian writer and broadcaster. He is the author of The Family Law (2010), Gaysia (2013) and the Quarterly Essay Moral Panic 101 (2017), and editor of Growing Up Queer in Australia (2019). An AWGIE Award–winning screenwriter and playwright, Benjamin is co-executive producer, co-creator and co-writer of the Netflix series Wellmania (2023), playwright of Melbourne Theatre Company's Torch the Place (2020) and Dying: A Memoir (2025), and creator of three seasons of The Family Law (2016–2019). One of Australia's most prolific interviewers, Benjamin has spoken with Jennifer Coolidge, Fran Lebowitz, Martha Stewart, Bernie Sanders, Gloria Steinem, Michelle Yeoh, Matthew McConaughey and Roxane Gay for his weekly Good Weekend column.
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