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Jimmy Stepanoff
Born
Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Unterreiner

(1959-02-15) February 15, 1959 (age 65)
Žitište, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityGerman
Known forPainting, Film, Comics
Notable workPainting & comics cycle “Die Nibelungen”; films The NeverEnding Story and The Name of the Rose
Websitejimmystepanoff.de

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[1] and the painting & comics cycle “Die Nibelungen”.[2]

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

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”.[3][4]

He lives and works in Munich. He is also a member of Serbian Comics Authors' Association (Udruženje stripskih umetnika Srbije).[5]

Bibliography (choice)

  • Behind the dark, Ed. Painting Century Box, München, 2000.
  • Die Nibelungen: das geheime Königreich. Offsetdruck. 2002.
  • Die Nibelungen: Siegfrieds Jugend. Caminando-Verlag. 2009. ISBN 978-3-9812888-1-0.

Sources

  1. ^ The Neverending Story - Die Unendliche Geschichte: Storyboard, Production Painting and Costume drawing
  2. ^ "ArsPictura präsentiert Jimmy Stepanoff". Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  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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