Iginio Straffi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Iginio Straffi
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	May 30, 1965(1965-05-30)
Age	59
Birthplace	Gesualdo
Country	Italy
Birth City	Campania
Horoscope	Taurus

Iginio Straffi Biography

Iginio Straffi is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on May 30, 1965 in Gesualdo, Campania, Italy. Famous for establishing the Rainbow S.r.l. Italian animation studio, and for forming the most well-known production company’s animated show, Winx Club, this famous animator and entrepreneur created and/or developed programmes such like Monster Allergy, Huntik, and Prezzy.

Italian vocalist Italian voice actress Letizia Ciampa provided the voice of Bloom in Straffi’s popular Winx Club series. has voiced Bloom in the famous Winx Club series.

Straffi entered the professional comic book industry with a story in the 1985 issue of Tilt. He later collaborated on comic stories for the magazine Lanciostory and the Italian version of Skorpio. In 1989, Straffi was talent- scouted by Claudio Nizzi, creator of the Nick Raider comic book series. Nizzi brought him to work for the comic’s publishing house, Sergio Bonelli Editore. Straffi became the lead creative artist for Nick Raider, beginning with the October 1990 issue “Missione nel Bronx”. His work was also occasionally featured in the Métal hurlant and Comic Art magazines. While he enjoyed illustration, Straffi’s “dream job” was to turn his drawings into a cartoon, and he could not find an animation job in his home country.

While at university, Straffi published his first comic in a 1985 issue of Tilt. He continued to work as a comic book illustrator through the 1990s, eventually becoming the lead creative artist for Sergio Bonelli Editore’s Nick Raider series. In 1995, Straffi founded the Rainbow studio with the assistance of Lamberto Pigini and Giuseppe Casali. The studio began with a capital of 10,000 euros, which was mostly used to purchase computers and software for digital design. Rainbow initially provided creative services for other companies until securing funds for original projects.

He was raised within the central Italian area of Marche.

Iginio Straffi Net Worth

Iginio Straffi is one of the richest Entrepreneur from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Iginio Straffi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His career began by developing his Nick Raider comics for the Sergio Bonelli Editore comic book publisher.

The Rainbow S.r.l. production company was established in Loreto, Italy, later opened branches in Singapore and Rome.

Iginio Straffi (born 30 May 1965) is an Italian animator, illustrator, and former comic book author. He is the founder and president of the Rainbow S.p.A. television studio, which he co-owns alongside the American media company ViacomCBS. Straffi is the creator of the studio’s animated shows Winx Club and Huntik, as well as the co-creator of its comic series Maya Fox.

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When asked by an interviewer in 2011 if he was “tired of” working on Winx Club, Straffi responded, “Let’s just say I’ve moved onto other projects.” His other creations include the horror comic book series Maya Fox (first published in 2008) and the animated television series Huntik: Secrets & Seekers (which premiered in 2009). In 2012, Straffi’s first original animated film, Gladiators of Rome, opened in Italy. The movie was one of the most expensive Italian films made at the time, costing around $80 million (70 million euros) including marketing costs. The film performed poorly at the box office, earning about $10 million worldwide, which Straffi assumed was a result of Rainbow’s lack of experience with cinema. Iginio Straffi also produced The Dark Side of the Sun, an animated documentary that premiered at the Rome International Film Festival in December 2011.

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In 2019, 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.” This followed Straffi’s announcement that Winx Club would be adapted into a live-action series (Fate: The Winx Saga) geared towards the show’s older fans, while the animated series would be completely redesigned for a much younger audience. As of 2019, Straffi serves as executive producer for Fate and as a producer for Nickelodeon’s Club 57. The same year, Straffi commented on his near-decade of continued work with Nickelodeon, saying that “the know-how of Rainbow and the know-how of Nickelodeon are very complementary; the sensibilities of the Americans, with our European touch.”

Who is the creator of Winx?

Winx Club was created and produced in Italy in 2004 by Iginio Straffi , founder and CEO of Rainbow Group. After its launch, it became one of the most successful animated series in Europe and one of the first Italian series to be sold in the U.S.

Is Winx Club Disney?

Winx Club is an animated series co-produced by Rainbow SpA and later Nickelodeon.

Is Musa Chinese Winx?

Both Bloom and Stella are portrayed as white fairies in the cartoon, whereas our fairies of color were Flora (generally inferred to be Latinx), Aisha (who is Black) and Musa (who is thought to be Chinese ).

What race are the Winx?

Background. Winx is a bay mare bred in Australia by John Camilleri’s Fairway Thoroughbreds. She was foaled on 14 September 2011 at Coolmore Stud, Jerrys Plains in the Hunter Region of New South Wales.

Is Winx Club inappropriate?

Parents need to know that the main characters in this fantasy cartoon aimed at young girls wear minimal clothing that shows off their impossible body proportions. In other words, this show does little to promote positive body image in its young audience, since what kids see on-screen is an unattainable goal.