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Clubhouse News

Chapman/Leonard Open House
Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment
recently hosted a summer showcase and
open house at its North Hollywood location.
Dean Cundey, ASC and Robert Primes,
ASC served as guest speakers for the event,
which offered attendees hands-on experience
with the company's new Cobra and Hybrid IV
camera dollies, 73' and 40' Hydrascope telescopic cranes and other studio equipment.
Chapman/Leonard also unveiled its new
Hydracar during the event.

Clockwise from top left: Joseph Bogacz; Alex Wengert; Fritz Heinzle; Zoë Iltsopoulos-Borys.

Bogacz, Wengert, Heinzle,
Iltsopoulos-Borys Named
Associates
New associate member Joseph
Bogacz is an advisor in the professional
products division of Canon U.S.A., Inc.,
where he has been involved with Canon's
imaging changeovers from analog to digital
and SD to HD, as well as the migration to 4K
and beyond. Bogacz also played a role in the
launch of Canon's Cinema products in
2012. He currently serves as a committee
member for the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences' ACES project.
Alex Wengert has served as the
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tional for 35 years. Wengert began his
career working for Cinemobile Systems,
starting as a delivery driver and working his
way up to the camera department as a technician and customer-service representative.
He left Cinemobile when presented with the
opportunity to assist ASC associate Otto
Nemenz with the opening of Otto Nemenz
International in February 1979.
Fritz Heinzle has been with Otto
Nemenz International for the past 10 years,
and he currently serves as the company's
marketing manager in Hollywood, where he
facilitates the organization and rental of
camera equipment for productions. In his
time with the company, Heinzle has worked
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Wexler Toasts The Best Man
Haskell Wexler, ASC recently joined
producer Lawrence Turman for a 50thanniversary screening of The Best Man at the
Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles. Following the
screening, which was part of the Landmark
Theatres Anniversary Classics series, Wexler
and Turman participated in a Q&A session,
recounting their experiences on the feature,
which was written by Gore Vidal and directed
by Franklin Schaffner.
Stump Speaks at New Media
Film Festival
David Stump, ASC recently participated in "The Who, What, Why & How"
panel at the 5th Annual New Media Film
Festival at the Landmark in Los Angeles.
Stump and his fellow panel members
discussed the shift from analog to digital technologies and its effects on content creation.

Photo of Clubhouse by Isidore Mankofsky, ASC; lighting by Donald M. Morgan, ASC.
Golf Classic photos provided by Alex Lopez.

closely with numerous ASC members, including Paul Maibaum, Roger Deakins, John Toll,
Emmanuel Lubezki, Matthew Leonetti and
Julio G. Macat.
Zoë Iltsopoulos-Borys serves as the
national client liaison for Cineverse, formerly
Fletcher Camera & Lenses, in Chicago. Before
joining Fletcher as the company's general
manager in 2007, Iltsopoulos-Borys worked
as a studio manager for Chapman/Leonard in
Orlando, a production account executive for
Eastman Kodak and a marketing executive for
Panavision.

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