Flyte (front left), with fellow Henson designers and fabricators Cas Willing, Diana Moseley, Shirley Denny (back, l. to r.), Val Jones and Lesja Liber (front, l. to r.).
Ellis Flyte is a costume designer who, under her birth name Ellis Duncan, was an associate costume designer on The Dark Crystal, working on the Gelflings (in this case, Kira and Jen) and Pod People. She also was involved in the Dark Crystal fashion collection line.[1] She was costume designer for Labyrinth. For her work, she shared a "Best Costumes" Saturn Award with Brian Froud.
Flyte married Brian Henson in 1990,[2] although they later divorced. During that time, she received special thanks credit on The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island.
Flyte, along with Henson and others, is co-owner of the Fundu Lagoon, a resort in Tanzania.
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- ↑ Jim Henson's Red Book. 10/17/1982 - 'LA - D.C. Fashion Collection'.
- ↑ The New York Times. November 06, 1990