Jack Stauber

A curious girl investigates the cries she hears coming from a forbidden house across the street.

An indecisive man's grocery trip is steadily impeded by strange characters and musical ruminations.

Magic apples doing magic things.

A pumpkin invites a boy into its house and sings him a short song

Featured on the Adult Swim series Off the Air.

will is a one minute long claymation cartoon created and uploaded by Jack Stauber on June 4th, 2019. The cartoon depicts a naked man inside of a closed mechanical room with multiple gadgets trying to understand and operate all of the gadgets inside of it.

Goodbye to those who cannot join us

Take Tooth is an 18-second, 2D Microsoft Paint–style animated short by Jack Stauber. It was first created for the Giphy Film Fest and submitted on November 8, 2018, before being publicly released on December 4, 2018 . The video playfully reimagines the childhood tradition of placing a lost tooth under a pillow for a reward. Synopsis in a nutshell: A young girl orders a small coffee priced at $1.29. Instead of paying with money, she offers her tooth. Surprisingly, the cashier accepts it. Later, the cashier places the tooth under their own pillow. The next morning, the girl’s mother checks under the pillow, and the cashier returns to the register with a coin—continuing the transaction. Fun trivia: Take Tooth is one of the few of Stauber’s VHS–style animations that doesn’t include the “Created by Jack Stauber” note at the end—this stylistic omission was likely due to the film festival requirements.

A man is in need of help

that's not fair

I LOVE WHAT I CAN’T SEE, WHAT’S EXPECTED OF YOU, WHAT’S EXPECTED OF ME? A story of a man who wants to be social and interactive with the people around him, but doesn’t know how.

A man travels through a strange space and finds a body

Test footage by Jack Stauber set to Joose's song Corndog.

“Help” is a surreal animated short by Jack Stauber, blending his signature 3D clay-like visuals with unsettling sound design and abstract storytelling. In just under a minute, it explores themes of helplessness, confusion, and human emotion through distorted movement and eerie atmosphere. As with much of Stauber’s work, it walks the line between the whimsical and the disturbing.