Andrea Olcese

Andrea Olcese
Born	1963
Occupation(s)	Showrunner Writer

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

Early life

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

Career

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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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.
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".