1. Iginio Straffi was born on May 30,1969 and is an Italian animator and former comic book author.
17 Facts About Iginio Straffi
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Iginio Straffi is the founder and president of Rainbow SpA, which he co-owned alongside the American media company Paramount Global from 2011 until 2023.
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Iginio Straffi continued to work as a comic book illustrator through the 1990s, eventually drawing an issue of Sergio Bonelli Editore's Nick Raider series.
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In 1995, Iginio Straffi founded Rainbow with the assistance of Lamberto Pigini and Giuseppe Casali.
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Iginio Straffi later took full ownership of the studio after buying the remaining stake from Paramount Global in January 2023.
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Iginio Straffi had an interest in illustrating comic books from a young age, and by age seven, he started drawing his own comic stories.
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When he was eight years old, Iginio Straffi moved to the nearby city of Macerata.
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Iginio Straffi met Lee in 1997, during a trip to Lee's native Singapore, and they married several years later.
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Iginio Straffi entered the professional comic book industry with a story in the 1985 issue of Tilt.
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Iginio Straffi later collaborated on comic stories for the magazine Lanciostory and the Italian version of Skorpio.
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In 1989, Iginio Straffi was talent-scouted by Claudio Nizzi, creator of the Nick Raider comic book series.
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Iginio Straffi's work was occasionally featured in the Metal hurlant and Comic Art magazines.
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In 1992, Iginio Straffi left Sergio Bonelli Editore and moved to France for a storyboarding job at the Telcima animation studio.
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Iginio Straffi originally wrote the Winx Club plot to last no more than 78 episodes.
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Iginio Straffi decided to extend the series for an additional season in 2008, citing the show's increasing popularity.
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The film performed poorly at the box office, earning about $10 million worldwide, which Iginio Straffi assumed was a result of Rainbow's lack of experience with cinema.
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Iginio Straffi produced The Dark Side of the Sun, an animated documentary that premiered at the Rome International Film Festival in December 2011.