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GEAR WORKS STUDIO (est. 2018)

An indie film studio founded by JACK BROOKS.

Sharon and the Vege Plot

2023 | Animation/Mystery/Romance

A put-upon lady-rabbit called Sharon is left perturbed by a potential plot against her vegetable garden. When Sharon's suspicions put more and more on edge, her obsessions put her own safety and love life at stake.

Starring Francine L. Farley and Mandy McCullough.

Awards: Best LGBTQ (Top Shorts) | Best Animation (Filmmakers Connect Awards)

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Jack & Murphy’s Tram Trouble

2025 | Hybrid Animation/Comedy/Adventure

Murphy buys Jack a oneway trolley ticket to adventure!

PIE NOON

2025 | Animation/Comedy

A weapons deal between two outlaws GOES WRONG!

Animated in Procreate Dreams.

Safebox

2024 | Thriller

A bank warden tackles the mystery of the safe deposit box left by a man's long-missing wife.

Starring Russell & Kaci Hartsell and Philip Haley.

CONTENT WARNING: Homicide

A New Taste

2024 | Animation/Horror

In this horrific microfilm, a piglet grows bored of the slop in the trough and develops a taste for the blood of his own kin!

CONTENT WARNING: Gore

Dying to Be Happy

2023 | Drama

A man with stage four cancer reminisces on his adventures with his cousins during the days of his youth at a place called 'Spatterdock'.

Starring Russell & Kaci Hartsell (as well as a dozen other Cass County citizens).

Written by Russell Hartsell | Art by Christopher Schneider

Awards: Best Drama (Texas Short Film Festival) | 1st Runner Up (Mainstreet Film Festival)

CONTENT WARNING: Flashing imagery and depictions of death

Criminal Record: Zoo-Kept

2023 | Animation/Mockumentary

In this unhinged spoof of Nick Park's "Creature Comforts", seven viscous animals are interviewed regarding their crimes against humanity.

Starring Isnain Khan, Connor Wilson, Ryan Baxter, and Trevor Morris.

Art by Christopher Schneider

CONTENT WARNING: Language

A Tale of Two Gnomes

2023 | Animation/Comedy/Adventure

Two little gnomes go on a grand quest to retrieve what just might be the key to solving their problems.