TOM FLETCHER WAS OVERWHELMED by the helpful and sympathetic responses to the alert he Emailed immediately following the theft of $100,000 worth of Fletcher camera equipment from a vehicle last Tuesday, at Montrose and Racine.
“The outpouring of support was remarkable, and from people I’ve not heard from in a long time,” he says. One sympathetic vendor, who had a similar experience, said Ebay was a good place to watch, since that’s where his stolen equipment turned up a few days later.
Here’s the list of stolen items. If anyone tries to sell you any of them, or if you have relevant information, call Fletcher at 312/932-2700.
Red One Camera Package with Custom After Market Accessories Serial #530; Cooke 20-100 Zoom Lens Serial # 788312; Panasonic 8″ HD Monitor BT-LH 80WP Serial # J8TWB2194; Panasonic 17″ HD Monitor BT-LH 1700 Serial # J8TWB2194 and an Arri Follow Focus, FF-4 Serial #932.
The items were housed in Fletcher’s standard A&J White, with an orange strip case.
KARTEMQUIN FILMS FILLED THE JOB of communications director and office manager with Tim Horsburgh, who has the ideal combination of filmmaking and PR experience and whose excellent stories you read regularly in the Reel. He was chosen from among around 100 candidates for the plum job.
THE TRIBUNE’S MICHAEL PHILLIPS and the New York Times A.O. Scott are the new sparring film critics on what should be the best iteration yet of “At the Movies,” since Siskel and Ebert introduced television’s first movie review show on Ch. 11 in 1975. The Disney-syndicated show starts airing weekly Sept. 7 over Ch. 7 and the ABC Network.
The previous “Movies” stars Ben Lyons of E! Television and Ben Mankiewicz of Turner Classic Movies, were taped at a Ch. 7 Chicago studio and presumably the new show also will be taped there.
LOCAL SCREENWRITERS are saddened by the death last week of screenwriter, teacher and author Blake Snyder, 52, of cardiac arrest. “He was an active supporter of Chicago talent. He spoke and held workshops at a number of Chicago events over the last few years,” and had many followers here, says Chicago Screenwriters Network officer Linda Frothingham.
His book, “Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need,” continues to be one of the most popular books on screenwriting.
CSN plans on holding a memorial for Mr. Blake in the near future, Frothingham notes.
ZACUTO FILMS upcoming “FilmFellas” 10-webisode series will highlight avant-garde wedding filmmaking and cinematic storytelling. Among the discussions: The changing model of wedding videography and the emergence of wedding filmmaking with full-scale productions, camera movement, special effects, scripted concept films, same day edits and more.
Steve Weiss, Zacuto co-owner and “FilmFellas” director, spent a few years at the start of his career in 1981 shooting wedding videos. He will lead the round table discussion with six professional wedding shooters.
PRODUCERS MISTY TOSH AND LISA COLANGELO are holding a raffle for a great cause — 4th World Love, the non-profit organization they founded to promote community development in distant lands, like the one they started in a the small volcanic island of Indonesia two years ago.
In fact, the two adventurers are currently sailing in the South Pacific looking looking for the for the next remote village to benefit from 4th World Love contributions.
Raffle tickets are $100 each for a chance to enjoy a fabulous eight-day, all-expense paid Ultimate Baja Escape. (Think winter. Would you rather be in Chicago or in Mexico?)
Donations and events like the raffle are the sole source of revenue for 4th World Love humanitarian activities. “A recent contest raised a tidy little pot of money that helped fund the brand new Community Development Center in Indonesia,” says Tosh.
You can read all about their work in impoverished countries, and how to buy raffle tickets atYou can read all about their work in impoverished countries, and how to buy raffle tickets at
