Milena Fessmann

Milena Fessmann is a music supervisor based in Berlin. In 1989, she founded CINESONG and has worked as a music supervisor on more than 500 films and series, most recently on films such as All Quiet on The Western Front, Perfect Days and Maria.

She is also a moderator of several national events and panels, such as Reeperbahn Festival 2014–23 and c/o pop Cologne 2014–2024. Milena Fessmann teaches music supervision and copyright clearance at film schools such as DFFB Berlin, HFF, KHM and BIMM and is an advisory board member of the World Soundtrack Academy and a member of the European Film Academy.

She founded the film production company Sugar Town Film Production GmbH & Co. KG in 2011. The first project produced was The Potential of Noise - Conny Plank by Stephan Plank and Reto Caduff. She is also an executive producer of When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, directed by award-winning director Caroline Link.

Her latest documentary project is called Don't talk, do! She-punks from 1977 until now, covering the subject of female punk and New Wave in German-speaking territories from 1979–89, releasing in May 2025.

FILM

The entertainment system is down (2025)
Production Company: A24
Director: Ruben Östlund
Producers: Erik Hemmendorff, Ruben Östlund

Rosebush Pruning (2025)
Production Company: The Match Factory / The Apartment
Director: Karim Ainouz 
Producers: Viola Fügen, Simone Gattoni, Michael Weber

Maria (2024)
Production Company: The Apartment / Netflix
Director: Pablo Larraín
Producers: Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Simone Gattoni, Janine Jackowski, Steven Knight

Woodwalkers (2024)
Production Company: Blue Eyes Fiction / StudioCanal
Director: Damian John Harper
Producers: Carolin Dassel, Sandrine Mattes, Corinna Mehner

Perfect Days (2023)
Production Company: Master Mind / Neon
Director: Wim Wenders
Producers: Takuma Takasaki, Wim Wenders, Koji Yanai

Club Zero (2023)
Production Company: Coop99 Filmproduktion
Director: Jessica Hausner
Producers: Philippe Bober, Mike Goodridge, Johannes Schubert, Bruno Wagner

All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Production Company: Amusement Park Films / Netflix
Director: Edward Berger
Producers: Edward Berger, Daniel Marc Dreifuss, Malte Grunert

War Sailor (2022)
Production Company: Mer Film / Netflix
Director: Gunnar Vikene
Producer: Maria Ekerhovd

I’m Your Man (2021)
Production Company: SWR / Bleecker Street Media
Director: Maria Schrader
Producer: Lisa Blumenberg

Berlin Alexanderplatz (2020)
Production Company: Entertainment One
Director: Burhan Qurbani
Producers: Leif Alexis, Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (2019)
Production Company: Sommerhaus Filmproduktion / Greenwich Entertainment
Director: Caroline Link
Producers: Clementina Hegewisch, Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach

The Operative (2019)
Production Company: Black Bear
Director: Yuval Adler
Producers: Anne Carey, Jonathan Doweck, Viola Fügen, Eitan Mansuri, Michael Weber

25 km/h (2018)
Production Company: Mythos Film / Sony
Director: Markus Goller
Producers: Markus Goller, Oliver Ziegenbalg

In the Aisles (2018)
Production Company: Sommerhaus Filmproduktion
Director: Thomas Stuber
Producers: Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach

Submergence (2017)
Production Company: Splash Prod
Director: Wim Wenders
Producer: Cameron Lamb

Tschik / Goodbye Berlin (2016)
Production Company: Lago Film / StudioCanal
Director: Fatih Akin
Producer: Marco Mehlitz

Turkish for Beginners (2012)
Production Company: Rat Pack Filmproduktion / Constantin Films
Director: Bora Dagtekin
Producers: Christian Becker, Marie Rechberg, Lena Schömann

Pina (2011)
Production Company: Neue Road Movies
Director: Wim Wenders
Producers: Gian-Piero Ringel, Erwin M. Schmidt, Wim Wenders

Requiem (2006)
Production Company: 23/5 Filmproduktion
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
Producer: Hans-Christian Schmid

TV

City of Blood (2025)
Production Company: Amusement Park Films / Disney+
Creators: Philipp Kadelbach, Elena Lyubarskaya

A Thin Line (2023)
Production Company: Weydemann Bros. / Paramount+
Creators: Jakob Weydemann, Jonas Weydemann

One Trillion Dollars (2023)
Production Company: Viola Film / Paramount+
Producers: Helge Netsch, Friederike Weykamp

The Swarm (2023)
Production Company: Viola Film / Paramount+
Showrunner: Frank Doelger

The Empress (2022)
Production Company: Netflix
Creator: Katharina Eyssen

The Billion Dollar Code (2021)
Production Company: Kundchafter Filmproduktion / Netflix
Showrunner: Oliver Ziegenbalg

Biohackers (2020-21)
Production Company: Claussen + Putz Filmproduktion / Netflix
Creator: Christian Ditter