Hauke Bartel

Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland

Case study - Rampensau

Born in Hamburg in 1985, Hauke Bartel has been head of fiction at Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland since January 2020. After his schooling in Hamburg, he began his career as a playwright and theater assistant. In 2008, he began a Bachelor's degree in media and communication at Hanover and Örebro (Sweden), followed by a Master's degree in media at the Babelsberg Konrad Wolf Film School. During his studies, he directed the Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival in 2013, then joined Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland in 2014 as program manager. Initially head of series acquisitions for VOX, in 2015 he became head of acquisitions and co-productions for Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland. Two years later, he became VOX's first head of fiction, where he was responsible for series such as Milk & Honey, Das Wichtigste im Leben ( The Best Things in Life ) and Rampensau ( Dumb ). Since January 2020, he has been co-head of fiction at Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland with Frauke Neeb, overseeing the development and production of original series for RTL, VOX and TVNOW.