Oscar Orefici

Oscar Orefici (13 July 1946 – 26 October 2014) was an Italian sport journalist, writer and documentarist.

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Oscar Orefici
Born13 July 1946
Rome
Died26 October 2014(2014-10-26) (aged 68)
Rome
Occupationjournalist

Born in Rome, Orefici started his career in the 1970s realizing several sport programs for RAI.[1][2] An expert on Formula One, in 1978 he co-directed the documentary film Speed Fever.[3] In the early 1990s, when Fininvest bought the F1 television rights, Orefici became the official reporter for F1 races and programs.[1][2] In the late years of career he worked for Sky.[1][2] He also worked for several newspapers and wrote several books, including two biographies about Enzo Ferrari.[1][2]

Books
  • Oscar Orefici, Luca Argentieri. Storia della formula 1. Longanesi, 1987. ISBN 8830407348.
  • Oscar Orefici. Enzo Ferrari. L'ingegnere rampante. Editalia, 1988. ISBN 9788870602104.
  • Oscar Orefici. Carlo Chiti - Sinfonia Ruggente. Giorgio Nada Editore, 2003. ISBN 8885817025.
  • Oscar Orefici: Ferrari. Romanzo di una vita. Cairo Publishing, 2007. ISBN 9788870602104.
gollark: I will probably, to some amount of personal cost, defend people's right to say things I dislike, but that doesn't mean I have to agree with them or particularly support said things.
gollark: You are not going to make people budge on their opinions by saying "no, this opinion is illegal now" or something.
gollark: Okay, too bad, don't let them do much based on it I guess.
gollark: The "paradox" conflates "letting people say things you dislike" with "letting them act on it/ignoring it/not countering it sensibly/whatever else".
gollark: One definition of "tolerance": allowing people to say things.Another one: agreeing with what someone says or whatever, which isn't actually very similar.

References
  1. Giorgio Ursicino (28 October 2014). "Addio a Oscar Orefici, il signore della velocità". Il Messaggero.
  2. Redazione Online (26 October 2014). "Giornalismo: è morto Oscar Orefici, cantore della grande Formula 1". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  3. Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
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