Jan Willem de With

Jan Willem de With is an award-winning German-Dutch film composer, producer, and musician currently based in London. His soundtracks and film productions have been internationally screened and performed at film festivals and events in Cannes, London, New York, Prague, Cologne, and Zurich. For some of his productions, he has collaborated with musicians and ensembles such as "The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra”, “Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra”, “State Orchestra Halle", and Eurovision singer-songwriter Chiara Dubey. These collaborations have led to work in locations such as Abbey Road Studios London, Air-Edel Studio London, and Smecky Studios Prague.

Jan Willem first received nationwide attention in the German TV composition competition “Dein Song” by KIKA/ZDF in 2014 where he was selected to be one of 16 finalists to perform his composition on live TV.

One of his most important achievements so far was receiving the “German Film Music Award” 2016 for his music to the animation movie “Little Infinity”.

Jan Willem studied film music and composition at several Schools and Conservatoires such as Hamburg Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Zurich University of Arts and Royal College of Music London.

As "ambassador" for film music he is going to festivals and congresses (such as the Medienforum Mittweida, Lüneburg Short-Film Festival IM.KASTEN or Raindance Film Festival) to develop young filmmakers understanding about the use of sound and music, as well as the collaborative aspects and demands in film productions.