Jimmy Stepanoff
Jimmy Stepanoff (born February 15, 1959) is a German visual artist and painter, mostly known for his work in movies The NeverEnding Story and The Name of the Rose and the painting & comics cycle “Die Nibelungen”.
Jimmy Stepanoff
- Name
- Jimmy Stepanoff
- Birth Name
- Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Unterreiner
- Born
- 15 February 1959
- Birthplace
- Žitište, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
- Known for
- Painting, Film, Comics
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter · animator · illustrator
- Fields
- painting
- Languages
- German
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Jimmy Stepanoff (born February 15, 1959) is a German visual artist and painter, mostly known for his work in movies The NeverEnding Story and The Name of the Rose and the painting & comics cycle “Die Nibelungen”.
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Jimmy Stepanoff (born 1959) is an animator, illustrator and painter, of German nationality. The animator was born in Žitište. Activity centred on painting. Languages used include German.
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• Name — Jimmy Stepanoff • Birth Name — Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Unterreiner • Born — 15 February 1959 • Birthplace — Žitište, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia • Known for — Painting, Film, Comics • Notable Works — Painting & comics cycle “Die Nibelungen”; films The NeverEnding Story and The Name of the Rose
Early life
Early life
He was born in Žitište, Banat region in Serbia, in the family of Danube Swabians. His full name is Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Unterreiner.
Career
Career
In the late seventies he moved to Munich, Germany, where he did animated movies, design and graphics. He started in the film industry in 1979, doing storyboards, backgrounds and artistic concepts for films. He worked in about 60 featured movies and The Name of the Rose. He had some 40 solo painting exhibitions. He is the author of a highly evaluated comics and painting epic cycle with over 200 works, including “Die Nibelungen”. He lives and works in Munich. He is also a member of Serbian Comics Authors' Association (Udruženje stripskih umetnika Srbije).
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• Behind the dark, Ed. Painting Century Box, München, 2000. * *
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- 1.The Neverending Story - Die Unendliche Geschichte: Storyboard, Production Painting and Costume drawing.
- 2.ArsPictura präsentiert Jimmy Stepanoff.
- 3.„Nibelungen: Das geheime Königreich“, Nibelungenlied Gesellschaft, 2002.
- 4.Wolfschlag, Claus-M. „Hagen im Edel-Comic: Jimmy Stepanoff gestaltete das Nibelungenlied neu“, Junge Freiheit, 28. Juni 2002
- 5.„Stepanov, Džimi“ (biografija), Udruženje stripskih umetnika Srbije
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