Bom in 1956. Thierry De Mey is a film director, composer and percussionist. He writes his first composition in 1983 for Rosas danst Rosas. A year after he directed and composed the music for the short film Floreal, he founded the ensemble MAXIMALIST! with Peter Vermeersch. Between 1985 and 1991, he writes compositions for the choreographers Michèle Anne De Mey and Wim Vandekevbus. He collaborates with Anne Teresa De Keersmaecker on the development of Amor constante mas alla de la muerte(1994), for which he also composes the music. In 1993, he directs the short film Love Sonnets, based on a choreography of Michèle Anne De Mey to the Sonatas of Scarlatti and in 1996 he directs and composes the music for the short film Tippeke, choreographed and danced by Anne teresa De Keersmaeker. Next to his collaboration with choreographers and his activities as a director of mostly dance films, he composes for different music ensembles, such as The Quatuor Quadro, Irvine Arditti, The Hilliard Ensemble, The Ictus Ensemble and the Nederlands Blazerensemble.
