Crew Bios
Holly L. De Ruyter
Director / Editor / Producer
Holly is originally from Oneida, Wisconsin, just outside of Green Bay. She grew up eating cheese curds, watching documentaries on PBS, earning Girl Scout Badges, drinking kiddie cocktails at supper clubs, and catching large-mouth bass to mount on her bedroom wall.
Holly's love for documentaries brought her to Chicago where she earned a degree from Columbia College in film and video concentrating in documentary production. While living there she realized how much she missed Wisconsin culture and lifestyle. In 2009 she decided to make a documentary exploring the one of her favorite aspects of that unique culture - Wisconsin supper clubs. It has been a long and challenging six years to make this documentary, but Holly is happy to be bringing the story of the Wisconsin supper club to the screen.
Holly currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her husband Brian and her mounted large mouth bass from her youth.
Brian Risselada
Associate Producer
Brian grew up in Jenison, Michigan and studied film and theatre at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. After graduating, he moved to Chicago where he met and married Holly De Ruyter. He has been with her since she began working on Old Fashioned, assisting with shoots and editing, recording sound, interviewing subjects, and helping out wherever else needed.
Lindsay Kralovetz
Associate Producer
Lindsay has Post Production experience including The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Rosie O'Donnell Show. She is currently living in Chicago, working on the Steve Harvey show.
Matt Relstab
Camera and Sound
Matt is a Media Producer currently living in Boston, MA and specializing in writing music for performance/film and cinematography.
Amanda Clifford
Camera
Amanda is a documentary cinematographer whose focus is creating media for non-profits. Her work can be seen at www.wanderingcameras.com
Mike Seiders
Logo Design
Mike is a Chicago based graphic designer. He runs his own design business, SDRS Creative where he provides design solutions for clients both big and small. www.SDRScreative.com
Rebecca Berdel
Motion Graphics Design
Rebecca Berdel is a motion designer from the Midwest, now animating in and biking around downtown LA. You can find her work at postrequisite.com