John Stephenson, OBE (born 28 May 1952) is a British director and a former vice-president and creative supervisor for Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
Joining the Jim Henson's Creature Shop in the early 80s, Stephenson became a member of the unique group of artists designers and crafts people working on the ground-breaking film The Dark Crystal.
[13] In 2001, John worked as Animation Director for the French historical action horror film Brotherhood of the Wolf which involved creating special effects for the creature are a combination of computer generated imagery, as well as puppetry and animatronics.
Additionally, in 2013 Stephenson directed the film adaptation of Max Lucado's novel The Christmas Candle (novel) which was distributed by EchoLight Studios in the US and by Pinewood Pictures in the UK.
[18][19] In June 2020, Deadline Hollywood reported that Stephenson was directing the epic historical drama feature film The Lady of Heaven with Enlightened Kingdom production company.