The 2024 Honor Roll
Lisa Henson, CEO, The Jim Henson Company
As CEO of The Jim Henson Company, Lisa Henson oversees all television and feature film production, from early development through post-production. She is currently a producer on the upcoming feature Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip starring Eva Longoria and Cheech Marin for Disney+. She most recently produced the critically acclaimed, Oscar®-winning Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio for Netflix and also executive produced the feature film The Portable Door for MGM+, as well as the Emmy®-winning Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock and Harriet the Spy, both for Apple TV+. Lisa’s many television credits include the Emmy®-winning series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and the popular Word Party, both for Netflix, as well as the Emmy®- nominated PBS KIDS® series Sid the Science Kid, Dinosaur Train, and Splash and Bubbles. She is currently developing the highly anticipated sequel to the classic fantasy film Labyrinth, and a television adaptation of Webtoon’s Lore Olympus.
Prior to her current position, Lisa was President of Columbia Pictures where she oversaw a string of critical and commercial successes including Little Women (1994), Immortal Beloved, and Ang Lee’s Oscar®-winning Sense and Sensibility. Before joining Columbia Pictures, Lisa served as an executive at Warner Bros. for ten years.
Lisa was born in Washington, DC and grew up in Greenwich, CT and Westchester County, NY. She graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Folklore and Mythology from Harvard University, where she served as the first female president of The Harvard Lampoon.