Ed Christie

 Ed   Christie  ( b . May 20 th, 1956 ) is a puppet designer & builder who has worked wit h  SESAME STREET  &  JIM HENSON  Associate s since an internship with  JIM HENSON  in 1978. Christie graduated from UMass Amherst with a BFA / Education in 1979.

The 1 st Muppet Christie create d was Butch, originally designed as a sabertooth tig er use d in the " Toothbrush " skit of the Cave man Days series on  SESAME STREET .

After year s of learning Muppet design technique s, & building many of the classic Muppet character s , he was promote d to Muppet Supervisor in charge of  SESAME STREET  ( 1991 - 1996 ). He was late r promote d to Vice President / NY Muppet Work shop Supervisor ( 1997 - 2004 ) as well as Art Director for  HENSON  on  SESAME STREET . He also contribute d his skill s t o  JIM HENSON  Licensing & Publishing.

In 2004, Christie left  HENSON  & was contracted by  SESAME  Workshop where he is currently designing character s for the domestic version of  SESAME STREET  &  SESAME STREET  International. He has designed the Muppet character s for  SESAME  in the United Arab Emirates, United King dom , Northern Ireland , Indonesia , India , Bangladesh , Russia , Israel , South Africa , Egypt , China , Poland , France , Mexico , Canada , Japan & other s. Christie is feature d in the 2006 documentary The World According to  SESAME   STREET .

He has won 8 Daytime Emmy Award s for his work on  SESAME STREET  & many nomination s for other  HENSON  productions. Christie ' s work was also seen in the Broadway production s of Doones bury, Peter Pan ,  Sugar   Babies  & ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Carnival Encore s ! Carnival ]''. He also design ed, built & performed in the 2007 production o f '' Carnival ! '' at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. From December 5 th to January 25, the Provincetown Art Association & Museum displayed t he exhibit  Rod s   &   Monster s :   the   Puppet s   of   Ed   Christie .

Christie live s on Cape Cod & is an artist represented by the Alden Gallery in Provincetown, MA.

Interview s
The Academy of Television Art s & Science s Foundation interviewed Christie in 2004 for the Archive of Ame ri can Television. The hour & a half interview was posted on YouTube in 2009.

Designer
For Production s
 * The Muppet Show - Muppet designer ; built Mr . Dawson, Caterpillar , other s
 * The Muppet Movie - Muppet Designer / Film Crew - built Camilla the Chicken
 * The Great Muppet Caper - Muppet Builder / Designer
 * Fraggle Rock - Designer / Builder / Film Crew
 * The Muppets Take Manhattan - Muppet Constructor / Designer, built Baby  Piggy  & other s
 * Little Muppet Monster s - Project Supervisor, built Tug Monster
 * The Tale of the Bunny Picnic - Designer / builder / Film Crew - built the Dragonbunny, Great - great - great - great Grandmother Bunny , Snort
 * A Muppet Family Christ mas - builder of The Snowman
 * The Christ mas T oy - Muppet Design Group supervisor - built Bel mont, Jack - in - the - Box
 * T h e  JIM   HENSON  Hour - Muppet Designer ( Jojo & other s ), builder for Beard
 * Dog City - built Bugsy Them, Mad Dog & Edd ie the dalma tian pup py
 * Meeting Films Muppet Meeting Film s - built various character s
 * The Muppet Chris t mas Carol - Designer / Builder - built The Ghost o f Chris t m as Present head
 * Muppet Treasure I s l a n d - NY Workshop Manager
 * The Wubbulous World o f Dr . Seuss - built original The Cat in the Hat for pilot
 * Bear i n the Big Blue House - built Luna
 * Muppets fr om Space - Workshop Manager
 * I t ' s a Very Merry Muppet Chris t mas Movie - Muppet Workshop - NY Manager
 * Carnival -  NY   City   Center   Encores  - designed Carrot Top, Horrible Henry , Renaldo & Marguerite

For  SESAME  Workshop / International
 *  SESAME STREET  ( 1978 - 2004 ) - Designer / Supervisor / Art Director ; designed Abby Cadabby, Curly Bear , Rosita , Zoe , The Elephant , Lulu , built Aristotle
 *  BIG   BIRD  in China - Designer / Builder
 * Follow That  BIRD  - designed the Board of Bird s, built Daddy Dodo ' s head
 *  SESAME   STREET  Jam : A Musical Celebration - Workshop Manager
 *  Elmo  Saves Chris t mas - Muppet Workshop supervisor, designed Lightning the reindeer
 *  T h e Adventure s of  Elmo  in  GROUCH  land  - Character Design Supervisor - designed  BUG , Pesties  ,  GRIZZY 
 * Alam Simsim ( Egypt ) : designed Nimnim, Filfil & Khokha
 * Sesamstrasse ( Germ any ) : designed Feli Filu, Pferd , Wolle
 * Sesamstraat ( Holland ) : designed Purk
 * Zhima Jie ( China ) : designed Hu Hu Zhu, Xiao Mei Zi
 * Galli Galli Sim Sim ( India ) : designed Boombah, Chamki , Aanchoo & Googly
 * Sisimpur ( Bang la desh ) : design ed Ikri Mikri, Hal um the tig er , Tuktuki & Shiku the jackal
 *  SESAME  Tr ee ( Northern Ireland ) : designed Potto, T he Weatherberries , Hilda & Archie
 * Jalan  SESAMA  ( Indonesia ) : designed Tantan t he orangutan, Momon , Putri , & Jabrik the rhino
 * SESAME STREET ( Japan ) : designed Mojabo, Teena & Pierre
 * Ulitsa Sezam ( Russ ia ) : designed Kubik, Zeliboba & Businka
 *  SESAME  Park ( Canada ) : designed Cha o s t h e c a t
 * Rechov Sumsum / Shara ' a Simsim ( Israel / Pales tine ) : designed Dafi, Haneen & Kareem the rooster
 * Takalani  SESAME  ( South Africa ) : designed Moshe, Zuzu , Kami & Zikwe
 *  SESAME  English ( EFL ) : designed TINGO
 * The Furchester Hotel ( U K ) : designed Funella Furchester, Furgus Fuzz , Phoebe Furchester - Fuzz , Isabel the Bell
 * Iftah Ya Simsim ( United Arab Emirate s ) : re designed No ' Man & Shams
 *  Clean er,   Healthier ,   Happier  campaign : designed Raya

Performer

 * The Muppet Show - Additional Muppet Performer
 *  SESAME STREET  - Fred the Wonder Horse in " I ' m Proud to Be a Cow ", Uncle Ned , Baby Hungry
 *  BIG   BIRD  in China - Puppeteer
 *  DON ' T  Eat the P i c t u r e s - Puppeteer & wrangler
 * T he Muppet s Take Manhattan - Additional Muppet Performer
 * T h e  JIM   HENSON  Hour - Himself ( Secret s of the Muppet s )
 * The World According t o  SESAME   STREET  - Himself - Featured as Muppet Character Designer

Non - Muppet Credit s

 * Carnival ! - 2007 Kennedy Centre production of the Broadway musical
 * " Big City Park " BBC - designed Rauiri, Dara The Fox , & Billy Badger
 * Alden Gallery - www.aldengallery . com

External link s

 * Ed Christie o n IMDb
 * Ed Christie o n Internet Broad way Data Base
 *  Privincetown   Banner  " Christie build s puppet s for the world, no string s attached " Dec 4th , 2008
 *  The   Boston   Globe  " Muppet master : A Truro artist breathes life into resident s of  SESAME   STREET  " by Meredith Goldstein, December 12 th , 2008