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Andrea Olcese

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Andrea Olcese
Born1963
Occupation(s)Showrunner
Writer

Andrea Olcese, born in Alessandria in 1963, is an Italian radio and television showrunner.[1]

Early life

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Andrea Olcese was born in 1963.[1] His father was Cav. Dr. Achille Olcese, a medical practitioner that practiced in military hospitals.[2]

Career

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Starting his career as a freelance journalist, writing for publications including the European Rolling Stone Magazine.[3] Olcese wrote the book Internationalists: Introducing the Style Council, published on Riot Stories in 1985.[4] In the late 1980s Olcese was the producer of the radio show “Rock Café” on SPER, syndicated through Italy with a daily audience of about 2.5 million listeners.[5] In the summer of 1987, he started contributing to the TV series Hit Parade on RAIUNO named Hit Parade, which he also continued in the next season, as Discoring.[6] In the early 1990s, he created the Top 40 music show Europop, which popularized several European born pop acts in a market previously saturated in English and American music.[7]

During the 1990s he transitioned to television broadcasting,[8] including the television program Rock Cafè.[9] He also cowrote a book published about the show entitled Don Gelmini Incontra La Musica Italiana a Rock Cafe.[10] In 1994 Olcese cofounded the television production company Einstein Multimedia with Luca Josi,[11] where Olcese serves as CEO.[12] He has also partnered with Brazilian networks to produce programs in Portuguese.[13] During the 1990s Olcese was the showrunner of the shows Passaparola, Sarabanda,[14] Novecento,[15] Quiz Show,[16] Agrodolce,[17] and Love Bugs.[18] He was also behind the 2000s Italian version of Top of the Pops broadcast on Rai 2.[19][20]

In 2005 Olcese was the producer of the Italian production of Live 8.[21] Over his career his television productions have earned him 5 Telegatto awards.[22]

References

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  1. ^ a b Renzo Arbore (2000). Lo spettacolo in TV, ovvero, La TV è meglio farla che guardarla parlano autori, registi, produttori e dirigenti. University of Michigan Press.
  2. ^ Marcello Feilo (August 27, 2012). "Olcese il radiologo che curava coppi girardengo e liedholm". Alessandria. p. 8.
  3. ^ Andrea Olcese (April 12, 1988). "Tele-Spaghetti: Celentano Contre Burlusconi un Partout". Rolling Stone Magazine Italy. p. 15.
  4. ^ Black Vinyl White Powder: The Real Story of the British Music Industry. Unbound. 13 October 2022. ISBN 978-1-80018-166-3.
  5. ^ "SPER To Increase 'RockCafe' Audience" (PDF). Music & Media. October 14, 1989. p. 11.
  6. ^ "Radiocorriere 1988 07". 13 February 1988.
  7. ^ David Stansfield (June 22, 1991). ""Anglo-American Dominance" Coming To An End In Italy?" (PDF). Music & Media. p. 10.
  8. ^ "Conduttori tv, non c'è ricambio - ItaliaOggi.it".
  9. ^ https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-08-19.pdf Page 12
  10. ^ Piero Negri and Andrea Olcese (1994). Don Gelmini Incontra La Musica Italiana A Rock Cafe. Edizioni Paoline.
  11. ^ Maggio 2002Articoli (May 27, 2002). "La fiction di Einstein Multimedia". Cinecittà News.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "MadonieLive.com Archivio - Einstein Fiction: 'Agrodolce' pronta al nuovo polo tv a Termini Imerese". archivio.madonielive.com.
  13. ^ "Einstein concocts Genetic formats JV - TBI Vision".
  14. ^ "Sentenza Agrodolce, la Rai dovrà pagare 4,5 milioni di euro". Il Fatto Quotidiano. May 17, 2012.
  15. ^ "Una tv pomodoro e basilico - ItaliaOggi.it".
  16. ^ "ZEUS News - Notizie dall'Olimpo informatico".
  17. ^ Simone, Marialuisa Di (July 24, 2011). ""Agrodolce" e il giallo dei milioni spariti".
  18. ^ "Manca poco per il nuovo polo di produzione TV a Termini Imerese". TeleTermini.
  19. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 27, 1999 – via Google Books.
  20. ^ Simone Rossi (September 30, 2011). "Einstein Multimedia: E' la Rai dei burocrati a non volere Top Of The Pops" (in Italian). Digital News.
  21. ^ "Esiste un futuro per Alitalia?". Moondo. October 18, 2021.
  22. ^ Josi, Luca (June 18, 2024). "E il ballerino accese la luce su Telecom".