Andrea Olcese (showrunner)
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Andrea Olcese, born in Alessandria in 1963, is an Italian radio and television showrunner. [1]
Career
[edit]Starting his career as a freelance journalist, writing for publications including the European Rolling Stone Magazine.[2] Olcese wrote the book Internationalists: Introducing the Style Council, published on Riot Stories in 1985.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
During the 1990s he transitioned to television broadcasting,[7] including the television program Rock Cafè.[8] He also cowrote a book published about the show entitled Don Gelmini Incontra La Musica Italiana a Rock Cafe.[9] In 1994 Olcese cofounded the television production company Einstein Multimedia with Luca Josi,[10] where Olcese serves as CEO.[11] He has also partnered with Brazilian networks to produce programs in Portuguese.[12] During the 1990s Olcese was the showrunner of the shows Passaparola, Sarabanda,[13] Novecento,[14] Quiz Show,[15] Agrodolce,[16] and Love Bugs.[17] He was also behind the 2000s Italian version of Top of the Pops.[18]
In 2005 Olcese was the producer of the Italian production of Live 8.[19] Over his career his television productions have earned him 5 Telegatto awards.[20]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Andrea Olcese (April 12, 1988). "Tele-Spaghetti: Celentano Contre Burlusconi un Partout". Rolling Stone Magazine Italy. p. 15.
- ^ Black Vinyl White Powder: The Real Story of the British Music Industry. Unbound. 13 October 2022. ISBN 978-1-80018-166-3.
- ^ "SPER To Increase 'RockCafe' Audience" (PDF). Music & Media. October 14, 1989. p. 11.
- ^ "Radiocorriere 1988 07". 13 February 1988.
- ^ David Stansfield (June 22, 1991). ""Anglo-American Dominance" Coming To An End In Italy?" (PDF). Music & Media. p. 10.
- ^ "Conduttori tv, non c'è ricambio - ItaliaOggi.it".
- ^ https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-08-19.pdf Page 12
- ^ Piero Negri and Andrea Olcese (1994). Don Gelmini Incontra La Musica Italiana A Rock Cafe. Edizioni Paoline.
- ^ Maggio 2002Articoli (May 27, 2002). "La fiction di Einstein Multimedia". Cinecittà News.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "MadonieLive.com Archivio - Einstein Fiction: 'Agrodolce' pronta al nuovo polo tv a Termini Imerese". archivio.madonielive.com.
- ^ "Einstein concocts Genetic formats JV - TBI Vision".
- ^ "Sentenza Agrodolce, la Rai dovrà pagare 4,5 milioni di euro". Il Fatto Quotidiano. May 17, 2012.
- ^ "Una tv pomodoro e basilico - ItaliaOggi.it".
- ^ "ZEUS News - Notizie dall'Olimpo informatico".
- ^ Simone, Marialuisa Di (July 24, 2011). ""Agrodolce" e il giallo dei milioni spariti".
- ^ "Manca poco per il nuovo polo di produzione TV a Termini Imerese". TeleTermini.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 27, 1999 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Esiste un futuro per Alitalia?". Moondo. October 18, 2021.
- ^ Josi, Luca (June 18, 2024). "E il ballerino accese la luce su Telecom".