Biography

Marie-Anne Fischer's composing career started in South Africa when she teamed up with a post-production sound engineer to write several hours of music for the SABC television, corporate videos and wildlife documentaries. After leaving South Africa, Marie-Anne initially spent 18 months in the USA and did an apprenticeship at a sound studio outside San Francisco and then moved to London, United Kingdom.

Marie-Anne has written music in a wide variety of genres, completing projects ranging from music for film, television and games. She has successfully collaborated with other composers and welcomes new challenges. The soundtrack for 'I Am Belmaya' became part of Mark Kermode: 'The Best Movie Music of 2021' track list.

As a media composer, she is able to create music in many different genres, and is both a strength and source of personal enjoyment. She draws inspiration from a wide base of people, art, music, film and nature and reflects it back in her music.

Marie-Anne believes that it is important to maintain a broad and strong network of music related recourses, all over the world, in order to be able to succeed with projects of all sizes. Marie-Anne is Director of SCOREcast Global community, which affords her the opportunity to communicate and expand her knowledge. She is a voting member of PRS, and is an active member of WFTV and AWFC.

Marie-Anne is a Belgian - South African composer working from her studio in Bruges. She is fluent in English, Dutch, Afrikaans and basic French.

- IMDb mini biography by: K Fischer