Andreas Schmidbauer

Andreas has spent his free time making films since early childhood. After completing his secondary education, he began working as a second camera assistant on the ARD television series “Um Himmels Willen”. When the production transitioned from 16mm film to digital formats, he decided to pursue academic studies and moved to Stuttgart. At the Stuttgart Media University, he focused on film technology and specialized in stereoscopic 3D.

His subsequent full-time position at STEREOTEC enabled him to gain international production experience as a stereoscopic technician and consultant, including projects in the United States and China. Multicamera systems, 3D, immersive video, and high-frame-rate (HFR) workflows are all part of his established technical expertise.
Alongside his education and professional career, Andreas continued to develop and professionalize his own film projects, which he had begun in childhood. Together with his sister Tanja, he wrote, produced, and directed the dialect comedies “Hinterdupfing”, “Austreten”, and “Who Buries the Undertaker?” under their jointly founded company Schmidbauer-Film.

Schmidbauer-Film operates both as a production company (including “Bubbles”) and, within German-speaking territories, as a film distributor (including “Shahid”).