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John Stephenson is a British director and special effects artist. He was born in 1958 in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his work on the films The Dark Crystal (1982), Labyrinth (1986), and The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992).
John Stephenson began his career in the film industry in the late 1970s, working as a special effects artist on films such as Superman (1978) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). He then moved into directing, helming the fantasy films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. He also directed the Muppet films The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island.
In addition to his work in film, John Stephenson has also directed episodes of television shows such as The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and Dinosaurs. He has also worked as a voice actor, providing the voice of the character Skeksis in The Dark Crystal.
John Stephenson is currently 65 years old. He has not been previously engaged. He has no children.
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John Stephenson Net Worth
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Timeline
In 2014, John Stephenson developed, co-wrote and directed Interlude in Prague which was shot entirely on location in the Czech Republic. In November 2017, the film won a Golden Angel Award for the Best International Co-Production Film at the Chinese American Film Festival.
Stephenson directed the film adaptation of the novel Five Children and It in 2004, which features live action and computer animation. Additionally, in 2013 Stephenson directed the film adaptation of Max Lucado's novel The Christmas Candle (novel) which was distributed by EchoLight Studios in the US and by Pinewood Pictures in the UK.
In 2001, John worked as Animation Director for the French historical action horror film Brotherhood of the Wolf which involved creating special effects for the creature are a combination of computer generated imagery, as well as puppetry and animatronics.
In 2000, John was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Millennium 2000 New Year Honours list for services to computer animation industry as a designer for the Millennium Project. His film Animal Farm (1999 film) was also nominated for best film in the 2000s Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Award and nominated for the Starboy Award in the 2000s Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival.
With this broad experience, he drew on to launch his directing career, applying his hand to both commercials and feature films involving creature-effects, helming the Hallmark/Creature Shop co-production of Animal Farm (1999 film) and it’s this background that has shaped his directing style into what it is today.
In the 1991 64th Academy Awards, John received a Scientific and Engineering Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the development of the Henson Performance Control System. In the same year, he was also nominated in the Saturn Award for Best Make-up at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for his work in The Witches (1990 film).
In 1987, along with two other colleagues, Stephenson was nominated for a BAFTA film award for best special visual effects in the 1985 British drama film Dreamchild.
His work for Henson productions included The Storyteller (TV series), Labyrinth (1986 film), The Witches (1990 film), and Dinosaurs (TV Series). Stephenson art directed Jacque Annaud's The Bear (1988 film) and contributed to the film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film) for which Jim Henson's Creature Shop provided ninja turtle suit puppets.
Joining the Jim Henson's Creature Shop in the early 80s, Stephenson became a member of the unique group of artists designers and crafts people working on the ground-breaking film The Dark Crystal. in addition to working as a mechanical designer, he also served as an assistant cable control puppeteer on Dreamchild. Subsequently, in 1985, he became Creative Supervisor and later served as Executive Vice President and CEO of the Creature Shop.
Stephenson was born in London, England. Educated at the Kingston School of Art and then the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1979. He moved to the USA and had a brief spell working as a designer of prestigious-fashion West End Interiors in Los Angeles.
John Stephenson (born 28 May 1952) is a British director and a former vice-president and creative supervisor for Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
