Jos Thie graduated in Labor and Organisational Psychology in 1979. From 1973 through 1983 he worked as an actor and artistic coordinator for music theatre company Werk in Uitvoering (Work in Progress), which specialized in educational and political theatre for young people. From 1984 until 1991 he was the artistic director of RO Theatre (together with Antoine Uitdehaag), and responsible for over 40 productions, among others the 6-hour-long spectacle ‘Merlijn’.

From 1991-1994 Jos Thie freelanced as a director for Dogtroep, Mini and Maxi and the musical ‘Joe’. From 1994 until 2003 he was the artistic director of Tryater and made many successful productions, such as the theatre and soccer spectacle ‘ABE’ in the Abe Lenstra Stadium in Heerenveen, ‘Peer Gynt’ in the dunes at the Oerol Festival in Terschelling, and ‘Orfeo Aqua’ on the Frisian lakes.

Since 2003 Jos Thie has again been freelancing for the National Theatre Company, the Northern Dutch Theatre company and once more last summmer in the Heerenveen soccer stadium, where he directed a large outdoor spectacle based on the city’s history entitled ‘Heeren van het Veen’ [‘Lords of the Peat’]. Recently, he was appointed artistic director of the Utrecht city theatre company Paardenkathedraal [’Horse Cathedral’].