He graduated in 2000 as an actor/musician at theatre academy Studio Herman Teirlinck in Antwerp (Belgium). After returning to The Netherlands he started working as a composer for theatre. Later on he also started working for television and film. In 2012 he won a ‘Gouden Kalf’ (dutch movie award) in the catagory Best Original Score for the movie Kauwboy. It was chosen as the Dutch entry for the Oscars in 2013. Recently he worked for international films as They Have Escaped and Cloudboy.