A brand with a role in the story.
Comedy shorts and satirical concepts built around a relevant idea, product, or moment.
A branded shortOne concept, a production plan, the finished film, and agreed cutdowns for your channels.
SCHLEPP FILMS / PARTNERSHIPS
LET’S MAKE
SOMETHING
WORTH WATCHING.
Original comedy, street interviews, and stories with a point of view. Created and produced by Chris McGuire.
17M+Recorded YouTube views across selected films
23K+YouTube subscribers26K+Combined followers & subscribersChris McGuire + Schlepp Films
CURRENT PRODUCTION PRACTICE
An idea.
A crew.
A finished piece.
Alongside the original films, Chris works on conference and interview production through Live Cut: multicamera filming, live switching, streaming, and editing.
A compact travel kit supports productions nationwide and internationally. The same hands-on approach carries through to interview edits, event highlights, and social cutdowns.
See the production services at Live Cut ↗
WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
The idea comes first.
Let people have their say.
Host-led conversations, cultural reactions, and human stories with room for the unexpected.
A street interview packageA focused shoot built around one question or theme, with a main edit and selected social clips.
Something with a next episode.
Creative development and producing partnerships for recurring characters, series, and original entertainment.
A pilot or short seriesDevelop one pilot or a series of three to six pieces, with a format designed to carry across episodes.
We agree the deliverables, schedule, usage, and budget before production. For event capture and post-production without format development, go directly to Live Cut ↗.
COMMERCIAL COMPETITION WORK
25 wins. More than $50,000 in awards.
COMPETITION PORTFOLIO · 2010–2016
Winning commercial concepts for major brand briefs through creative competitions on platforms including Zooppa, Poptent, and Tongal.
SHOWTIME’S SHAMELESS FILM FEST · SHORT-FILM COMPETITION · 2014
Chosen by the producers and cast of Shameless.
$10,000 GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Somewhere in New Jersey
A single dad and his two kids get by on stolen wallets, fake injuries, and questionable ideas. Schlepp Films’ winning short brings its own family chaos to the world of Shameless.
Previously promoted on YouTube as Meet the Scammers.
Showtime · American Express · Experian · FindLaw · Totino’s · Lawry’s · Verizon · 3M · Pringles · Bud Light · Sunkist · Speed Stick · Famous Footwear · Robert Half · AARP · Luvs
Career milestones: 25 commercial competition wins and over $50,000 in total competition prizes. The $10,000 Showtime award is highlighted here; the dollar figures are not additive. These were competition entries, distinct from directly commissioned client projects.
Award records
SELECTED WORK
The work behind the numbers.
Harlem Reacts to the Harlem Shake
The worldwide meme meets the people of Harlem. The reaction film that started the conversation.
GRAND PRIZE / SHOWTIME’S SHAMELESS FILM FEST
Somewhere in New Jersey
$10,000 prize · Showtime’s winning-film release ↗
A single dad and his two kids get by on stolen wallets, fake injuries, and questionable ideas. Grand-prize winner of Showtime’s Shameless Film Fest short-film competition.
MEET YOUR CREATIVE PARTNER
One creative throughline.
From the idea to the final cut.
Chris McGuire · Producer, writer, director, actor & editor
Chris pairs original concepts with the range to bring them to the screen: writing, directing, performing, producing, and editing. A SAG-AFTRA actor and hands-on filmmaker, he can shape a short around a brand brief, develop a recurring format, or build a story with a cast and crew.
Chris also brings experience in digital marketing, content strategy, video packaging, and campaign landing pages. He has helped strengthen media brands’ presentation and build pages for commercial campaigns, connecting the creative work with a clear path from viewer interest to a signup or inquiry.
Chris created Frat Life Forever. BroBible discovered its launch video, followed by Barstool, and production-company inquiries began before Chris had shared it himself. At least ten production companies contacted him in total.
The series was optioned by True Entertainment (now part of Truly Original). It advanced to follow-up meetings with TBS, Comedy Central, and Spike. At TBS, it progressed through several rounds of meetings with support from the head of reality programming, before ultimately not moving forward to a commission.
The early competition pitch preceded the reality/docu-comedy developed with True Entertainment: older fraternity brothers living together again, with developed comic situations and storylines.
Meet Chris & explore his acting background →SELECTED PRESS / THE HARLEM FILMS / 2013
In the national spotlight.
The Washington PostFebruary 22, 2013The Harlem Shake: Keep the meme, save the dance
An interview with Chris McGuire.
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Smithsonian MagazineFebruary 20, 2013Presenting the Real Harlem Shake
Connects McGuire’s street interviews with the history behind the original dance.
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NPR · via WWNOFebruary 21, 2013Long Before The Harlem Shake, We Did The Shimmy
Ann Powers discusses Harlem Reacts in her exploration of dance crazes and cultural exchange.
Read article ↗ (opens in a new tab)THE REAL HARLEM SHAKE / MUSEUM DISPLAY
At the Smithsonian.
Footage from The Real Harlem Shake has been featured in exhibition displays at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
See the museum display →
PUBLISHER REACH / SOCIAL SHARING
Featured by WorldStar.
Shared by Snoop Dogg.
WorldStarHipHop published Schlepp Films’ Trump: Bad & Boujee on its official YouTube channel. Trump Goes to the Hood was shared on Instagram by WorldStarHipHop and Snoop Dogg.
More from the archive: parody, publisher releases, and sharing history →
LET’S TALK
What do you
have in mind?
Tell Chris what you’re making, who it’s for, and where Schlepp Films could fit.
Need a production crew?
For multi-camera filming, live switching, streaming, and editing, visit Live Cut Productions.
Explore Live Cut ↗Need the strategy around the content?
For brand development, websites, ongoing marketing support, and practical AI guidance, explore Full Signal Creative.
Explore Full Signal Creative ↗
CHRIS McGUIRE + SCHLEPP FILMS
Built around the films
26K+combined followers & subscribers
23K+ YouTube subscribersOriginal comedy, street interviews, and stories from Schlepp Films.
Explore the YouTube channel ↗September 2026 snapshot: 23,021 YouTube subscribers and 26,352 followers and subscribers across these four accounts. Some people follow on more than one platform. Follower counts supplied September 13; historical YouTube views checked September 12. These are cumulative milestones, not a forecast of campaign reach.