Corriere Adriatico: Iginio Straffi, il papà delle fatine Winx: «Mattia, piccolo eroe per sempre, cercherò di farti conoscere»
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Iginio Straffi
Iginio Straffi is an Italian animator and former comic book author. He is the founder and president of Rainbow SpA, which he co-owned alongside the American media company Paramount Global from 2011 until 2023. Straffi is the creator of the studio's animated series Winx Club and Huntik: Secrets & Seekers, as well as the co-creator of its comic book series Maya Fox.
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business · Italian animator (born 1965) · film director · film producer · screenwriter · entrepreneur · comics artist · television producer · animator · writer · illustrator · also Iginio Straffi, Straffi
Born 30 May 1965 · Q773680
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2024· 2 entries
Quotidiano.Net: Iginio Straffi, il Fabbricante di trionfi: "I ragazzini di tutto il mondo credono sempre nell’amore. Noi italiani al top di Netflix"
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2023· 1 entry
Yahoo: ‘Winx Club’ Creator Iginio Straffi Talks ‘Very Important’ Animated Series Reboot and Reveals New Live-Action Show ‘Gormiti’
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2022· 3 entries
VanityFair: Iginio Straffi: «Ecco le mie Winx, come non le avete mai viste»
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ComingSoon: Fate: The Winx Saga, Iginio Straffi annuncia due nuovi progetti dopo la cancellazione della serie Netflix
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Il Messaggero: Le Winx “maggiorenni”, Iginio Straffi: «Ora sogno un lungometraggio con Helen Mirren nel ruolo della preside»
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2021· 2 entries
Cosmopolitan: «Esistevano solo eroi maschili, ecco perché sono nate le Winx», Iginio Straffi e le quote rosa nei cartoni animati
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Leggo: Iginio Straffi a Giffoni Film Festival: «Dopo le fatine Winx riscrivo Pinocchio»
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2020· 1 entry
World Screen: Iginio Straffi Reflects on Rainbow’s Milestones
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2019· 1 entry
Straffi stated that he intended to shift his focus to live action over animation; he felt "the move into live action completes [his] experience professionally
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2012· 1 entry
Straffi's first original animated film, Gladiators of Rome, opened in Italy
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2011· 3 entries
World Screen: Iginio Straffi
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“the move into live action completes [his] experience professionally.”
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If he was "tired of" working on Winx Club, Straffi responded, "Let's just say I've moved onto other projects
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2004· 2 entries
Iginio Straffi's creation Winx Club premiered in Italy
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Straffi's creation Winx Club premiered on Italy's Rai 2
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1997· 1 entry
During a trip to Lee's native Singapore, and they married several years later
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1995· 1 entry
Straffi founded Rainbow with the assistance of Lamberto Pigini and Giuseppe Casali
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1992· 1 entry
Straffi left Sergio Bonelli Editore and moved to France for a storyboarding job at the Telcima animation studio
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1989· 1 entry
Straffi was talent-scouted by Claudio Nizzi, creator of the Nick Raider comic book series
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1965· 1 entry
Born 1965-05-30.
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