MEET GUY
Guy Chachkes
Film producer. Founder and owner of Reelarc. The person you sit down with in Step 1.
THE SHORT VERSION
Guy is a producer and founder who has spent more than a decade where production, technology, and talent meet. Born in Tel Aviv, he runs Reelarc, a bi-coastal production company with studios at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and in Los Angeles. Over twelve years, his team has produced more than 15,000 scenes for actors.
Before Reelarc's current chapter, he founded and sold Moodcaster, a self-tape casting platform. He produced the feature film What Now, a comedy starring Eliza Coupe and Rhys Darby. Today he also develops and produces vertical microdramas, the short-form series format that has become one of the fastest-growing corners of the industry.
That mix is the point. He has cast actors, produced them, and sold the shows they are in. When he pitches you a co-star role on a show that is shooting this season, it is because he knows what those rooms are looking for.
THE PRODUCER
On set, on screen, in development.
FEATURE FILM
What Now?
A comedy produced by Guy, starring Eliza Coupe and Rhys Darby alongside Beth Grant, Sharzad Kiadeh and Daina Trout. Making a feature means casting it, running the set and getting it seen, and he brings that same work to every Reelarc scene.
MICRODRAMAS
The fastest-growing format for actors.
Microdramas are series told in short vertical episodes, just a few minutes each, made to be watched on a phone. Apps built around them have turned into one of the busiest corners of the industry, and they need a steady stream of actors who can land a scene fast.
Reelarc develops and produces its own. Four series on the current slate already have their first episodes shot and screened at the ALZA Film Festival, and more are written and getting ready to shoot.
Comedy · First episodes shot
11 Blocks To Go
Two co-dependent best friends make a 12-step bet to fix their messy lives. Becoming better people may be easier than surviving what it does to their friendship.
Thriller · First episodes shot
Split Light
Zara thinks she has finally found something real with Lucien, until small contradictions make her question who he really is.
Fantasy romance · 40-episode script complete
The Romantics
A New York TV writer and her aristocratic double in 1825 England switch lives, and each has to navigate the other's love life while searching for a way home.
Romantic comedy · Script complete
Old Enough to Be Your Mother!
A single mom takes her teenage daughter to meet her celebrity crush, and the twenty-something actor turns out to be interested in her.
Also on the slate: Fatal Match and Zero Point, both with first episodes shot, and Pinned by Money, a romantic thriller with a finished script.
WHAT HE DOES WITH YOU
In the room, not just on the website.
Your branding session
A private one-on-one session at the start of the Elite System. You leave with a one-page master brief: who you are in your own words, your energy comp, your core logline, and three pitches for shows casting right now.
Two review sessions on your edits
Guy watches the V1 and V2 cuts of your scenes with you and works through what to keep and what to change before anything is final.
Introductions to reps
Once your materials are ready, he sends personalized outreach to his network of agents and managers and guides you as the conversations come in.
See what a master brief looks like on the Elite System page.
HEAR FROM HIM
The Think Bigger Actors Podcast, Episode 618
An hour with DaJuan Johnson on verticals and micro dramas: who is watching, what actors get paid, how the episodes are built, and how to get one made.
Watch the episode and read the takeawaysGuy posts about producing and the vertical space at @a_producer_guy. His production work outside Reelarc lives at guychachkes.com.
Want to sit down with Guy?
Every Elite client starts with a private branding session. Tell us where you are and we'll take it from there.