Born 1956. Childhood in France, and later in Ethiopia. Most of the time
thereafter was spent in Bavaria. Accepted 1979 by the Munich Film
School (Hochschule fuer Fernsehen & Film - HFF), Dept. of Documentary
Films and TV Journalism. Graduation 1984, then worked in various TV and
cinema productions on many levels of production. Soon also produced,
wrote and directed films of varying lengths (from 30 to 90 minutes) for
public German television like ZDF, WDR, SWF and BR. Since 2000
Baudissin works for Bavarian TV/BR as a commissioning editor in the
Documentary Films Dept. The programmes produced are a weekly series of
45 mins. biographical documentaries and a number of feature length
documentaries in irregular intervals.
Main focus is on humans beings, particularly persons who find
themselves "jammed in" - by chance or their own doing - between
cultures, struggles, powers or other personalities who dominate their
lives. What circumstances do to people or how they find a way out of
them - or get conquered by them. Baudissin:"... this never means
exploiting other people's plight, but trying to convey what they are
going through."
