Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey (2011)

Directors

Constance Marks

Cast

Kevin Clash, Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie O'Donnell, Frank Oz, Fran Brill, Caroll Spinney, Bill Barretta, Joan Ganz Cooney, Martin P. Robinson

The story

The film chronicles the journey of puppeteer Kevin Clash, the unlikely voice and mastermind behind Elmo. Focusing on Clash's childhood dreams and early career in Baltimore, Maryland; it covers his first meeting and relationship with Sesame Street creator Jim Henson, puppet maker Kermit Love, and documents his journey to success. Sesame Street camera man James Miller originally filmed Kevin Clash with Elmo looking at photos of Miller's 2 year-old daughter.

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