Halle Stanford
Halle Stanford is the President of Television at The Jim Henson Company and leads the
Company’s development and production of all television, home entertainment, and
digital media in animated and live-action formats.
She is a ten-time Emmy®-nominated children’s television producer, recipient of the Cynopsis Kids !magination Award in Content Leadership, and for the last sixteen years has garnered at least 100 honors around the globe for the company’s programming. She is currently in production on the Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
In addition to creating children’s media, Stanford has also co-authored a book series, Jim Henson’s Enchanted Sisters, a collection of fantastical comedy-adventure stories for girls published by Bloomsbury. She has also written numerous articles on kids and family entertainment for publications such as PBS Parents, Cynopsis Kids, NAPS, and Mother Magazine.
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