Mike Cheslik

Hundreds of Beavers

In the 19th century, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

L.I.P.S.

The bravest adventurer at The League of Interplanetary Process Servers attempts to deliver 30 subpoenas throughout the universe in only ten minutes.

Limbos

Katie and Jake want to keep things platonic, too bad the teenage ghost haunting their new apartment has other plans!

Lake Michigan Monster

An eccentric sea captain assembles a motley ship crew in a revenge mission to slay the sea monster lurking in Lake Michigan that killed his father.

Scheme Squad

When a beloved power couple breaks up, their mutual best friend Craig stages an elaborate sting operation to get them back together.

The Sandman

An altruistic dream salesman writes his own dreams for the first time.

Jack and Lucas Go To A Wedding

Jack and Lucas travel to the Midwest to attend their high school friend's wedding. Confined in a hotel room together, they're consumed by their own insecurities, as Jack tries to write the perfect wedding speech, while Lucas grapples with his romantic devastation. As the wedding approaches, the question arises: can they get to a place where they understand each other?

Blink

High school short film directed by Mike Cheslik

Hundreds of Beavers

In the 19th century, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

L.I.P.S.

The bravest adventurer at The League of Interplanetary Process Servers attempts to deliver 30 subpoenas throughout the universe in only ten minutes.

Limbos

Katie and Jake want to keep things platonic, too bad the teenage ghost haunting their new apartment has other plans!

Lake Michigan Monster

An eccentric sea captain assembles a motley ship crew in a revenge mission to slay the sea monster lurking in Lake Michigan that killed his father.

Scheme Squad

When a beloved power couple breaks up, their mutual best friend Craig stages an elaborate sting operation to get them back together.

The Sandman

An altruistic dream salesman writes his own dreams for the first time.

Jack and Lucas Go To A Wedding

Jack and Lucas travel to the Midwest to attend their high school friend's wedding. Confined in a hotel room together, they're consumed by their own insecurities, as Jack tries to write the perfect wedding speech, while Lucas grapples with his romantic devastation. As the wedding approaches, the question arises: can they get to a place where they understand each other?

Blink

High school short film directed by Mike Cheslik

The Wheels

The Wheels is a portrait of the relationship between an alcoholic father, John, and his seventeen year-old son, Harry.

With Love, Marty

Marty, a lovelorn student at New York University, uncomfortably mingles with fellow members of his debate team at a college party, before breaking away from them entirely.

The Hand Job

Jack Kyser's first film for Sight and Sound: Film, taught by Professor Laszlo Santha.

Jake the Cinephile

Jake the Cinephile is the story of a young film fanatic who, fed up with the rowdy behavior and disrespectful etiquette of movie theater audiences, decides to abandon the cinema and take a stab at an actual relationship with a young woman.

The Pit

After Fred Pitts loses his job as a lawn care manager, he meets a fascinating techno-dancing girl and desperately struggles to regain a positive grasp on his negative life.

The Get Down

In 1977 New York City, the talented and soulful youth of the South Bronx chase dreams and breakneck beats to transform music history.