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SILVIO CAMBONI

AUTHOR, ARCHITECT AND JOURNALIST

Santadi (Cagliari), September 4, 1967.
Camboni began his career in comic books in 1988 with Walt Disney.
In 2001, Camboni began his collaborations in France with two comic books published by Source/La Sirène, Le Vin Illustré en Bandes dessinées and Le Foot Illustré en Bandes Dessinées, with texts by Mo/CDM.
In 2004, Camboni starts working with Les Humanoïdes Associés, for which he drew the Gargouilles series, on texts by Denis-Pierre Filippi (7 books).
In 2005, he starts collaborating with the Belgian publisher Dupuis, for which he drew the comic book series Nefesis, also on texts by Denis-Pierre Filippi.
In 2006, Camboni won the AviSa film competition, organized by the Regional Institute of Ethnography of Sardinia, with the animated short Dopo trent’anni prima.
In 2010, Camboni started working with Vents d’Ouest/Glénat, for which he drew the comic book series Willy Wonder, with texts by Francesco Artibani.
From 2011 to 2014 he started drawing the series Le voyage extraordinaire, with texts by Denis-Pierre Filippi, published by Vents d’Ouest/Glénat (12 books expected, in progress).
Since 2012, he makes the short animated films Mosca, W la neve and Santa Notte for the Zecchino d’Oro series of the Antoniano Choir in Bologna and Rai Cinema.
In 2015, he launched a new series for Les Humanoïdes Associes called Les mondes cachés, with texts by Denis-Pierre Filippi (4 books).
In 2018, he drew a book for Glénat/Disney within the collection Disney by Glénat, called Mickey et l’ocean perdu, with texts by Denis-Pierre Filippi; in the same Glénat collection, in 2020, he drew a new Disney book called Mickey et la terre des anciens, with texts by Denis-Pierre Filippi.
In 2022, he made the science-fiction series Prima Spatia, whit screenplay by Denis-Pierre Filippi and published by Vents d’Ouest/Glénat (3 books expected, in progress).

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    Awards:

    2001: Premio Fumo di China, Fumetto Umoristico Nuovi Autori.
    2006: Film Competition AviSa, called by Istituto Superiore Regionale Etnografico della Sardegna.
    2016: Prix du public France 3 at the Festival de la BD de l’Alpe d’Huez – Book 03 of Le Voyage Extraordinaire.
    2016: Prix Graphique Actusf de l’Uchronie – Book 04 of Le Voyage Extraordinaire.
    2017: Prix BD d’Aventures CE EPIC SNCF – Book 01 of Le Voyage Extraordinaire.
    2018: Éléphant d’Or at the Festival of Chambéry – Le Voyage Extraordinaire series.
    2021: Premio Coco – Best Italian Drawer for the book Mickey e l’oceano perduto, ed. Panini/Glenat/Disney