I’m Thijs ( ”Tice” ) — a Director, Editor, and Postproduction Supervisor, and someone who grew up in a family where everyone fixes things. Windmills, classic cars, microchips, even the human brain… if it can be reverse-engineered, someone at the dinner table has an opinion about it. I was well on my way to follow in my parents’ footsteps until I saw The Longest Day, quickly followed by West Side Story, Pulp Fiction, Memento, Lord of the Rings… and suddenly Delft’s engineering program didn’t stand a chance. I ran off to art school instead.
After a few film degrees and a move to Los Angeles, I discovered a painful truth: writing good movies is hard — even though every screenwriting book insists it shouldn’t be. For years I tried to untangle why some stories land and others don’t, why certain characters feel instantly alive, and why the best films seem effortless even though we know they’re not. Something was always missing — not talent, not discipline, just… clarity. So I did the only thing a kid from an engineering family would do: I started taking stories apart to see how they worked.
That’s how Tale Spinning was born. It’s built on the simple idea that stories aren’t magic; they’re systems. Themes shape characters with habits. Habits create conflict. Conflict creates plot. When those pieces support each other, the ending feels inevitable — not because you followed a formula, but because the story grew the only way it could. And because you’re saying something the world doesn’t already know — something specific to you.
Tale Spinning is the method I built to make storytelling simpler, clearer, and actually fun again. It’s a way to understand the engine of a story — not just the beats or tropes, but the deeper mechanics that make characters move, clash, change, and… spin. (Sorry.)
I’m building this while working full-time in post production, making films when I can, and laying the groundwork for a cooperative movie studio built on transparency, equity, and creative sustainability. Tale Spinning is the first brick.
If you’re here, you probably want to tell stronger stories — or you just love the craft as much as I do. Either way, welcome.
Let’s spin some tales.