Jason Weber

Jason Weber is currently the Creative Supervisor at the New York unit of Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
Weber began freelancing with the Jim Henson Company in 1985 as a fabric dyer and painter before officially joining the staff in 1996. He has been responsible for all puppets, clothing, or anything else that needs color or texture, in addition to designing characters and costumes such as the outfit for Super Grover 2.0.Ryan Dosier, "Interview with Sesame Street's Louis Henry Mitchell, Part 3," The Muppet Mindset, November 29, 2010.
He is in charge of the Sesame Street Muppets, overseeing all domestic and international Sesame productions and publicity. He has shared ten Emmy Awards for his work on Sesame Street.
On July 4, 2013, Weber appeared on "The Art of Movement," a CNN segment hosted by Nick Glass, demonstrating the puppet building process. Eric Jacobson took over teaching the aspect of puppetry to Glass.
Weber has also worked design jobs with the Dance Theatre of Harlem and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
==Muppet/Henson credits==
*The Jim Henson Hour
*Sesame Street Live: Assistance with design and construction
**Silly Dancing
**Sleeping Birdie
**Let's Play School
**Where's the Birdie?
**When I Grow Up
*The Muppet Christmas Carol: Fabric dyeing and painting
*Muppet Classic Theater: Costume design
*The Animal Show (seasons 1 and 3)
*Muppet Treasure Island: Fabric dyeing and painting
*Muppets Tonight
*The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
*Sesame Street (credited since Season 28): Project supervisor and designer
*Big Bag (season 2)
*Bear in the Big Blue House"Daytime Emmy Nominees List 3." Variety, March 11, 1999.
*Muppets from Space: Fabric dyeing and painting
*The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Fabric dyeing and painting
*Mopatop's Shop
*Sesame English
*The Hoobs: Workshop team
*Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola
*Carnival: Puppet costuming
*Kermit's Swamp Years: Muppet designer and builder
*Animal Jam: Project supervisor, puppet costume designer
*Panwapa
*Abby in Wonderland: Costumes and additional puppet design
*Pajanimals: Creative supervisor (series)
*The Muppets (2011): Muppet costumes
*A New York Christmas to Remember: Creative supervisor
*The Furchester Hotel
*The Happytime Murders: Creative supervisor, New York
*The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo: Creative supervisor
*Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock: Creative supervisor and designer (New York), lead costume designer; co-designed Jamdolin (with Rollie Krewson)
*Tall Poppy
*Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Live
==Sources==
==External links==
* Creature Shop bio
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