Jane Gootnick

Jane Gootnick began her career at the Jim Henson Company in 1978 when she was hired to be part of the design team for The Dark Crystal. She was later incorporated into the Muppet Design Team where she created characters for The Muppet Show, The Tale of the Bunny Picnic, and others. She moved to Los Angeles to be part of the L.A. Creature Shop when Dinosaurs went into production.
==Production Credits==
*The Muppet Show: built Angus McGonagle
*John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together: Nativity puppets
*The Muppets Go to the Movies: Muppet designer
*The Great Muppet Caper: Muppet builder, Muppet designer
*Fraggle Rock: Muppet designer, built Philo and Gunge, Cantus the Minstrel, Marjory the Trash Heap (with Maria McNamara), Brio
*The Muppets Take Manhattan: Muppet rigging coordinator
*Dreamchild: Mechanical Design Assistant Designers
*The Tale of the Bunny Picnic: Puppet Design
*Labyrinth: Senior puppet builder, Creature Workshop Team member on Sir Didymus and The Fireys
*Puppetman: built Desiree
*The StoryTeller: built Dog
*Inner Tube: Muppet Design Group
*The Jim Henson Hour: built Ubu
*The Ghost of Faffner Hall
*The Witches: puppet mice, including Luke and Bruno
*The StoryTeller: Greek Myths: Creature Shop
*Mother Goose Stories
*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: Visual Supervisor
*For Our Children
*Muppet Classic Theater: floor work
*Muppets on Wheels
*Things That Fly
*Muppet Treasure Island
*Muppets Tonight: built Johnny Fiama and Sal Minella
*The Animal Show (season 3)
*Elmopalooza
*Muppets from Space: puppeteer co-captain
*The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: built the Pesties, Workshop production supervisor
*Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola: On-set puppet supervisor
*It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie: Jim Henson's Muppet Workshop
*The Muppets' Wizard of Oz: Muppet workshop coordinator, project supervisor
*Tinseltown: Project Supervisor and puppet builder
*A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
*The Muppets (2011): On Set Puppet Workshop Supervisor
*The Muppets: promotional still for the 2011 film
*"All I Need is Love" music video: Muppet Workshop supervisor
*Cee Lo's Magic Moment: Muppet Workshop supervisor
*Disney Drive-On with The Muppets: Muppet Workshop supervisor
*"Pure Imagination" music video: Muppet Workshop supervisor
*The Muppets (2015): Muppet Workshop supervisor
*The Muppets Take the Bowl: Muppet Workshop supervisor
*The Muppets Take the O2: Muppet Workshop supervisor
*Muppets Now: Muppet Workshop supervisor
*Muppets Haunted Mansion: Workshop supervisor
*The Muppets Mayhem: Muppet Workshop supervisor
==On-Camera Appearances==
* Interviewed in 1981 about the Muppet Workshop on CBS Sunday Morning.
* Appeared as herself in "Secrets of the Muppets," building a new Gonzo puppet.
* Talked about the creation of The Dark Crystal in Reflections of the Dark Crystal, and about the Labyrinth in Journey Through the Labyrinth.
* Talked about the environment of working on The Muppet Show in "A Company of Players."
* Appears as a tourist during "Mah Na Mah Na" in The Muppets Take the Bowl.
==External Links==
*IMDb
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