BRIAN JAMES MCGUIRE

Filmmaker | Writer | Educator | Producer

Lecturer – University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts – Film, Video, Animation and New Genres Mitchell Hall B83

Fall 2026

Directing

Writing for Film

Digital Filmmaking

Senior Project I

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.

One camera, one day, and a road where everyone had to stop and listen.

Stuck Against the Sun is an observational diary film about a day of protest in the California sun in 1992. Coming in 2027!

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