Ed Christie

Ed Christie started out as an intern with Henson Associates in 1978. He was graduated from UMass/Amherst with a BFA/Eduaction in 1979.

After years of learning Muppet design techniques,and building many of the classic Muppet characters, he was promoted to Muppet Supervisor in charge of Sesame Street in 1991. He was later promoted to Vice President/NY Muppet Workshop Supervisor as well as Art Director for Henson on Sesame Street. He also contributed his skills to Henson Licensing and Publishing.

In 2004, Christie left Henson and was contracted by Sesame Workshop where he is currently designing characters for the domestic version of Sesame Street and Sesame Street International. He has designed Muppet characters for Sesame India, Bangladesh, Russia, Isreal, South Africa, Egypt, China, Poland, France, Mexico, Canada, Japan and others.

He has won 8 Emmy Awards for his work on Sesame Street and numerous nominations for other Henson productions. Christie's work was also seen in the Broadway productions of Doonesbury, Peter Pan, Sugar Babies and ''Encores! Carnival''.

Credits

 * It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie: Muppet Workshop - NY Manager
 * The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Character Design Supervisor - designed all new characters
 * Muppets From Space: Workshop Manager
 * Elmo Saves Christmas: Muppet Workshop
 * The Muppet Christmas Carol: Designer/Builder - built "Ghost of Christmas Present"
 * Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration: Workshop Manager
 * The Christmas Toy: Muppet Design Group - built Jack in the Box, Belmont the Horse
 * The Great Muppet Caper: Muppet Builder/Designer
 * The Muppet Movie: Muppet Designer/Film Crew
 * The Muppet Show: Muppet Designer, Additional Muppets, performer
 * Sesame Street: Additional Muppets/ Supervisior/ Art Director/Performer - designed Zoe, Rosita & others
 * The Muppets Take Manhattan: Muppet Constructor/Designer, Additional Muppets, performer
 * The Jim Henson Hour: Himself (Secrets of the Muppets), Muppet Designer (Jo Jo & others)
 * Dog City: (built Bugsy Cabone & Mad Dog)
 * Big Bird in China: Designer/Builder, performer
 * Fraggle Rock: Designer/Builder/Film Crew
 * Tale of the Bunny Picnic: Designer/builder/Film Crew - built the Dragonbunny, Great Great Great Grandmother Bunny & Snort
 * Don't Eat the Pictures: Performer
 * "Bear in the Big Blue House" - builder - built Luna (the moon)