Help Indie Film Legend After Home Robbery

On September 16th Fidel Ruiz-Healy came home to his house in Santa Monica after a work trip to find his house completely ransacked and lived in by squatters — every single crevice turned over and all of his valuables stolen, items left behind including trash and weapons. Plumbing wires were cut as well, leaving the home uninhabitable.

As you may know, Fidel is an incredibly talented, award winning cinematographer, director, editor, a filmmaker jack of all trades. His DIY talents are his only source of income so you can understand how devasting it is for him to get virtually ALL of his camera equipment stolen. This also includes collaborators' equipment that he was holding for them. Unfortunately the insurance on these valuables lapsed, having just ended August 30th.

For context, this is a list of what was stolen:

Leica r lens set

Sachtler fsb10 tripod

Red dragon camera package

Nikon ais lens set

Angeniux 35-70 Nikon

Tokina 11-16 pl

Red pro zoom

Black magic video assist 7inch

Holly land mars monitor

Pentax spot meter

Skekonic light meter

Dji transmission system

Nikon F3

Mamiya c330 and lenses

Yashica tlr

4x gold mount batteries

Sony f900

Sony v1000

Filter nd and black net

Hard drives

MacBook Pro

Xbox one x and controllers

Nintendo switch and controllers

While Fidel figures out a tenable living situation he is still available for film work. Yet any filmmaker understands that your equipment is everything. Therefore, this situation requires immediate attention.

If you know Fidel you know he’s the best team player, amazing at his job and just an all around great guy. Anything helps!