Help Russ, Chris & Home Shoot Home Heal From the Eaton Fire

Hi Everyone. I'm David Flannery, currently the Location Manager for Apple TV's “Shrinking". I grew up in Altadena, and I would really appreciate you helping out Russ and Chris with Home Shoot Home. As someone who has worked with Russ and Chris for many years, it's important that we band together to support a team that has helped so many productions over the years turn their scripted ambitions into reality. Please consider donating to ensure that Home Shoot Home can make it through these difficult times.

Russ Fega and his wife Chris started Home Shoot Home back in 2003 as a way of bringing filming to their Altadena neighbors. As some of you know, Russ was a location manager until his retirement several years ago. He was also a founding member of the Location Managers Guild of America (LMGI). Russ has advocated heavily for filming in the various communities they represent, helping to change some regulations in South Pasadena, Sierra Madre and Pasadena. Russ and Chris personally invested thousands of dollars to create the Altadena Community Chest, which distributed more than $40,000 to Altadena-based charitable organizations during its tenure.

Additionally, through their efforts, many homeowners in Altadena were able to put their children through school and on to college and even help them stay in their homes when tough times hit. Currently, they are helping many of their homeowners by supplying detailed photos of their properties for insurance and personal reasons.

Unfortunately, these are now tough times for Home Shoot Home as its inventory of homes in Altadena has been decimated by the fires. Even though they continue to represent homes in other cities, Altadena has been their focus and their home. It is difficult for them to ask for help when so many others have suffered personal losses as well, but if ever there was a time to reach out to the community for assistance, this is it. They’d like to look forward to bringing back filming to some of the wonderful places that still exist in Altadena, as well as those that will inevitably spring up in the coming months and years. And with “a little help from their friends,” they can continue to do so.

Any financial help is greatly appreciated, as well as the opportunity to continue to provide you with great locations for any upcoming projects.

These funds will be spent to maintain the business until the cameras start rolling again in Altadena.