Maurice Van Themsche was born in Montreal in 1959 and began a career in independent film production after his studies in communications at UQAM. His works include Demi-portion (winner of the Radio-Canada Prize at the 9th Festival International du jeune cinéma of 1988) and Artform. Employed as an ad designer, he continues to develop his work as a writer and has completed his collection of short stories Petites histoires cruelles. Other current projects include writing a script for a feature-length film.