Ralf Rückauer
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- Executive
After studying Film and Television Sciences at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Ralf Rueckauer started out in his career in 1997 as Junior Creative Producer at Gemini/Colon Filmproduktion in Cologne. In 1999, Rueckauer moved to German pubcaster ZDF, where he worked in the channel's "Das kleine Fernsehspiel" department, heading up the format development lab "quantum".
Rueckauer has worked for ZDF Enterprises since 2003, initially as Project Manager Distribution and Investments, with the focus on documentaries, and then as Sales Manager for German-speaking countries and Central and Eastern Europe. In January 2012 he was appointed Head of Sales and was responsible for the sales of full-length programming. Since January 2013 Rückauer has been heading ZDF Enterprises' department for factual programming as VP ZDFE.factual. Since January 2018 Ralf Rückauer has been in charge of the ZDFE.unscripted department, a merger of ZDFE.factual and ZDFE.entertainment. In February 2019, after the purchase of Off The Fence by ZDF Enterprises, Ralf Rückauer was appointed CEO alongside founder Ellen Windemuth.
Rueckauer has worked for ZDF Enterprises since 2003, initially as Project Manager Distribution and Investments, with the focus on documentaries, and then as Sales Manager for German-speaking countries and Central and Eastern Europe. In January 2012 he was appointed Head of Sales and was responsible for the sales of full-length programming. Since January 2013 Rückauer has been heading ZDF Enterprises' department for factual programming as VP ZDFE.factual. Since January 2018 Ralf Rückauer has been in charge of the ZDFE.unscripted department, a merger of ZDFE.factual and ZDFE.entertainment. In February 2019, after the purchase of Off The Fence by ZDF Enterprises, Ralf Rückauer was appointed CEO alongside founder Ellen Windemuth.