Idse Grotenhuis is a Founder, Managing Director and Producer at ReadySet Studios. A creative entrepreneur, Grotenhuis brings more than 30 years of experience as an independent producer and director to his current role. Grotenhuis began his career as a director and expanded his expertise over the years to creative production, managing projects through to the finishing stages of production  His credits include the acclaimed television drama series “Turbulent Skies,” “Towers of Power,” “Divorce,” “Golden Mountains,” as well as the longest-running daily soap opera in the Netherlands, “Good Times Bad Times.”

In 2022, in response to the rapidly changing media landscape in the Netherlands and globally, Grotenhuis launched Amsterdam-based ReadySet Studios, the first virtual production studio in the Netherlands to introduce LED walls and game engine technology to create in-camera VFX techniques that offer the industry at large powerful creative and green production technology advantages. Under his direction, the studio benefits from his production, logistical and financial expertise to deliver makers with the latest virtual production innovation and sustainability standards that reduce the impact of television and film production on the environment.

Grotenhuis is a member of the Dutch Directors Guild (DDG).

Florian Legters is a founding partner and chief production designer at ReadySet Studios.

Throughout his career, spanning more than two decades, Legters has contributed production design expertise to more than 20 renowned Dutch film and television productions, including ‘Klem’ ‘Luizenmoeder’ and ‘Het Gouden Uur’. Legters’ production designs for ‘Life According to Nino’ earned him a Golden Calf nomination at the esteemed Netherlands Film Festival, while five television commercials featuring his work have been honored with Golden Loekie awards — the most prestigious audience awards for commercials and television series in The Netherlands.

As chief production designer at ReadySet Studios, Legters is leveraging his extensive professional experience and esteemed reputation in traditional production design to solve creative challenges in the virtual production milieu, especially those related to locations that are hard to produce and sets too expensive to build. He is especially committed to the studio’s mission to create a sustainable filmmaking environment. In support of this effort, Legters is developing next-gen set-building processes and techniques using less harmful and less common construction materials and designing modular re-usable set pieces.

Legters is a board member of the Dutch Academy For Film, sharing his expertise and vast network to help professionalize the Dutch media industry.

Dennis Kleyn is founder and VP/VFX producer at ReadySet Studios. Kleyn is a recognized film industry veteran and technology innovator. In 2004 he founded Planet X, where he is presently CEO, today among the most prominent studios in the Netherlands, providing creative visual effects for top-end feature film and television productions with a dedicated team of more than twenty VFX artists. Notable projects include Borgman (Cannes Selection 2013), Dragon Girl (winner Amanda Award 2021), Dirty Lines (Netflix), Close (Grand Prix Cannes 2022, Academy Award nominee), and Rampvlucht (winner Dutch Golden Calf)

In 2012, under Kleyn’s direction, Planet X Technologies, in conjunction with creative technology company Unwind, released Setellite, the most used on-set VFX data organizing and productivity solution. Setellite is used by VFX professionals worldwide working for clients such as Netflix, Apple TV+, HBO Max, Amazon Studios, AMC, Paramount +, and many others.

In March 2022, on behalf of Planet X Technologies, Kleyn co-founded ReadySet Studios, a new virtual production studio in Amsterdam. ReadySet welcomes content creators from around the globe to make use of its state-of-the-art virtual production facilities to realize outstanding in-camera VFX.

Kleyn is actively involved in the Dutch VFX community as chairman of the Dutch VFX Association (NVX), which he co-founded in 2014, and board member for the NPA, the Netherlands Post production Alliance. He is also a regular contributor to the post-production training programs organized by APostLab, which collaborates with industry-leading organizations such as Netflix to provide high-end international workshops.

Chris is an experienced finance professional. Licher has over thirty years of experience in the financial world and has a rich entertainment history, having worked at companies such as Endemol Shine Group, Warner Bros. International, and EMG (United).

In addition to his entertainment experience, Chris is also socially engaged, thanks to his various board positions in the sports world. He is also actively involved in the sustainable energy issue for current and especially future generations.

It is his passion for finance, entertainment, and sustainability that make him a perfect fit for ReadySet Studios.

With a background in audiovisual production and experience with 2D art, virtual production has always appealed to Caroll-Ann for the endless possibilities it brings to the table. 

Caroll-Ann’s dedication, ambition and curiosity is what drives her forward in learning more about the possibilities of virtual production, making her a perfect fit at ReadySet Studios, where there’s always a new challenge at hand. With an eye for detail and her artistic inclinations, she brings unique perspectives to every project. Caroll’s growing portfolio showcases her dedication to developing her skills in understanding Unreal Engine, storyboarding and creating visually rich content. 

Alongside her role as studio producer, Caroll-Ann continues to develop her skills in film making. She aspires to make a lasting impact through storytelling, directing and innovating with film.

Thijs Smeele graduated from the Netherlands Film Academy in 2025 as a VFX artist and immersive media creator. From a young age, Thijs has been fascinated by the intersection of art and technology, making the VFX & Immersive Media program a perfect fit. During his studies, he developed into both a creative and technically skilled artist.

In 2023, Thijs contributed to the virtual production of A Taste of Friendship (X-Project, Class of 2024). This project sparked his strong interest in Unreal Engine and real-time VFX.

During his internship at Planet X, he helped create digital environments for productions including the television series Bij Heldere Hemel. One of his key responsibilities was developing a system capable of generating more than one hundred unique, photorealistic houses. He also worked on the short film Close Your Eyes Hind, a story about a young girl set entirely in Palestine. For this production, he built a procedural environment that brought a war-torn city to life. During filming, he worked as the Unreal Engine operator, controlling the LED volume and ensuring the virtual environments were displayed correctly in real time.

Thijs graduated with the immersive film project Helleveeg, an interactive narrative in which the user steps into the role of a healer in the year 1596. For this experience, he recorded motion capture and facial capture performances from multiple actors and developed the game logic required to play them back in a realistic and interactive way.

Now he already has more than 5 years of experience in professional film making and virtual production. And more than 3 years experience working with LED technologies.