It is with great pride and honour that Eurofurence presents this year's guest of honour: Mr. Jim Martin.

This amazing puppeteer is an accomplished producer, director, writer, puppet builder and designer. He is also an Emmy award recipient and member of the prestigious Director's Guild of America! But most of all, you may know him from his funny and inspiring puppet performances on Sesame Street and with the Muppets.

Even while he was earning his bachelor's degree in directing and acting, Jim Martin was directing his own puppet theatre shows in his hometown of Pittsburgh, PA, USA. His career in television started with the role of Gary Gnu on The Great Space Coaster. In the following years, he performed on numerous shows, including the Puzzle Place where he was not only a lead puppet performer and associate producer, but also finally got the chance to direct.
Since that time he has gone on to direct many other shows including Sesame Street, Elmo's World, Bear in the Big Blue House, and Disney's Johnny and the Sprites. Jim Martin's hard work and dedication to excellence was nationally recognized when he received the 2002 Emmy Award for Outstanding Direction in a Children's Series for his work on Sesame Street. He also won the Emmy award in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008. In fact he has been nominated for numerous awards, out of which he has won many.

Jim Martin has also been involved with many movies. He worked on the film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III as the animatronic puppeteer for Leonardo, providing all of Leonardo's mouth movements and facial expressions.
He has worked with the fantastic Jim Henson's Muppets on such projects as the movie The Muppets Take Manhattan and in TV specials such as The Muppets At Walt Disney World, The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson, and The Muppets' 3-D Movie at Walt Disney World. Through his achievements with the Muppets, Jim Martin has had the opportunity to work with such awe-inspiring puppeteering notables as Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, and Caroll Spinney.

Jim Martin's extensive and impressive CV is far longer than what we can list here, and that does not even begin to cover the many wonderful stories, funny anecdotes, incredible experiences and deep insights that he has amassed through his career. Perhaps that is the reason for his open, friendly and entertaining personality. But of course - at Eurofurence you have a unique chance to meet him yourself and ask him!

Welcome to Eurofurence Mr. Martin!




Eurofurence 17 - Kung Fur Hustle  |  Maritim Hotel Magdeburg, Germany  |  August 17-21, 2011  |   [Policies]  |  [Imprint]