brian james mcguire
Filmmaker | Writer | Artist | Educator
Lecturer – University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Peck School of the Arts – Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
I’m currently writing and editing my debut novel, Stop Terrorizing the Birds. A literary, character-driven story set in early 1990s Utah. It follows two boys drifting through a town that’s already given up on them, navigating family collapse, quiet dread, and the slow burn of survival. A mock-up book cover below:

The Quiet City on Vimeo:

Unconcerned – DVD




- Select Screenings and Exhibits
- San Gio Video Festival – San Gio, Italy
- Collectif Jeune Cinema – Paris, France
- Seokyeong University – Seoul, Korea
- Cannes Film Festival – Cannes, France
- Arizona International Film Festival – Phoenix, AZ
- Florence International Film Festival, Italy
- Milwaukee Film Festival – Milwaukee, WI
- Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach – Alys Beach, FL
- Inova Art Gallery – Milwaukee, WI
- Milwaukee Art Museum – Milwaukee, WI
- Studio Lounge – Bayview, WI
- The Picture Show – Brooklyn, NY
- Haverhill Experimental Film Festival, Haverhill, MA
- Live Performance
- Milwaukee Art Museum – Milwaukee, WI
- Kenilworth Square – Milwaukee, WI
- Curatorial
- Programmer – Union Theatre, Milwaukee, WI 2011-2015: Monthly Film Programming, Plus: Experimental Tuesdays, visiting artists and shorts programs, World Cinema, Documentary Frontiers, Portraits, African-American Film Series
- Juror
- Grand Jury Prize (Herzfeld Competition) – Milwaukee Film Festival 2015
- Awards
- Best in Show – She Leaves the City – Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach

She Leaves the City on Vimeo:






Further Back Slightly – teaser on Vimeo:

An Exit (excerpt) on Vimeo: