Jelle Verstraten graduated from the Royal Conservatory in Brussels (2010) in music writing (BMus & MMus) and composition (BMus), and from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (2016) in composition (BMus) and composing for Film (MMus). Since 2014 he has been active as a freelance composer, orchestrator and teacher at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (2018), focusing mainly on music for film and TV, such as The Treatment (2014), Pippa (2016), Control (2017), Charlie en Hannah gaan uit (2017, World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Score for a Belgian Production nomination) and Your Mother Should Know (2018). Recent collaborations have been with Chrisnanne Wiegel, STILL Productions and the Musikpakt collective.