brian james mcguire

Filmmaker | Writer | Educator
Lecturer – University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Peck School of the Arts – Film, Video, Animation and New Genres

UW–Milwaukee • Mitchell Hall B83
Fall 2026
Directing • Writing for Film • Film 222 • Senior Project I
Email: mcguireb@uwm.edu

Stop Terrorizing the Birds is a literary novel 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.

Stop Terrorizing the Birds – A Novel in progress – 2027

A spotify list of songs that are mentioned in the novel or were inspiring while writing.

Lacuna Deft
Landscape
EP – Coming 2027

current work available through WOODHOUSE

The Quiet City
The Quiet City on Vimeo
Unconcerned – Short Films and Videos 2010-2015 – DVD
She Leaves the City
She Leaves the City on Vimeo
Further Back Slightly – teaser (long) on Vimeo
An Exit (excerpt) – Installation