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BRIAN MCQUERY, WRITER/DIRECTOR
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Born and raised in Chicago, IL, Brian has always had a love for movies. Brian wrote his first feature-length screenplay shortly after graduating high school, and has been writing them ever since. Brian skipped college and jumped right into the workforce, working in the insurance, sales, customer service, and telemarketing industries.

Brian relocated to Lake Bluff, IL, a Northern suburb of Chicago, in 1998 where he served a tour of duty as Director of Telemarketing. He left that job in Summer 2000 because he wanted to direct motion pictures, not telemarketing. Brian threw himself into the Chicago indie film scene, built strong relationships with local actors and filmmakers, and has written several screenplays for local producers.



Brian has written over three dozen original feature-length screenplays, including crime flicks, dramas, action pictures, thrillers, comedies, vampire flicks, and a western, and numerous short film scripts.

In October 2002, he completed a low budget DV short, Debt, which he wrote, directed, and executive produced. Debt was Brian's first experience with professional equipment and a crew. Debt has screened at several film festivals. The Money Belt, a short film that Brian wrote, was shot in late 2002 by 12-J Productions in Los Angeles.

Over the next three years, Brian wrote, produced and directed the DV short films: Commitment, Snare, and Three Couples, the 16mm short film, Everybody Sins, the 35mm short film, Promise, and the DV 24P shorts, Let Go and Vacant. Brian also shot scenes from his feature screenplay Midnight on digital video and edited them into a Trailer to help sell the feature film. That project is also available on DVD.

During this time, Brian also worked in a variety of crew positions - production assistant, craft services, script supervisor, assistant director, producer - on projects ranging from student films to major features.

Brian edited the indie feature, ALL HALLOWS, from writer/director Karl Sundstrom before moving to Los Angeles in Summer 2006. His short films, PROMISE, LET GO and VACANT have been playing the festival circuit over the past year. He is currently working as a 1st AD on indie films in L.A.

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Writer/Director credits:
Title
Project
Producer/Production
Company
Date

MacNeal School 2006
Documentary
(also Producer)
February
2006

Vacant
Microcinema Fest
(Winner, Best Supporting Actress)
Black Harvest Film Festival
Short film
Renee Domenz/Simeon Henderson/Quentin Plock
Oct. - Nov.
2005
San Diego Black Film Festival (Winner, Best Actor), Macon Georgia Film Festival, Lake County Film Festival
Let Go
Bay Street Film Festival, Independent Film Forum
Lake County Film Festival, Long Island Intl FF
Twin Rivers Multimedia
(Honorable Mention, Short Drama)
Short film
Luke Miller/Neal Prosansky
August
2005
Macon Georgia Film Festival
Middle Georgia's Indie Showcase
Promise
Lake County Film Festival,
Your Hometown Film Festival
Short film
Luke Miller/Quentin Plock
November
2004
Lake Forest Film Festival
Silver Lake Film Festival
Everybody Sins
Around the Coyote Festival
Macon Georgia FF
(2nd Place, Drama)
Short film
Luke Miller/Josh Eggebeen
March - April
2004

Three Couples
Short film
Open Road Productions
January
2004

Snare
Macon Georgia Film Festival
Middle Georgia's Indie Showcase
Short film
Peacemaker Prods./Josh Eggebeen
October
2003

Commitment
Macon Georgia FF (Honorable Mention, Drama)
Short film
Peacemaker Productions
February
2003

Midnight
Movieside Film Festival
Short/Trailer
Peacemaker Prods./Atomic Vision Ent.
Nov. 2002 -
April 2003

The Money Belt
Short film
12-J Productions (Writer only)
October
2002

Debt
Chicago Community Cinema
Michigan Ind. Film Festival
Twin Cities Indie Film Showcase
Short film
Wayfarer Films/John Weaver
September
2002

Assistant Director credits:

1st Assistant Director credits:
Caught in the Game
Feature film
N'Site Films/Simbolic Entertainment
Sept - Oct 2007

Buried Alive
Web Series
White Rock Lake Productions
September 2007

Reversion
Feature film
Bunny, LLC
August 2007

The Last Score
Feature film
HD-Motion Pictures (Day player)
May 2007

De Pura Cepa
Short film
AFI Thesis film
April
2007

Enlightenment
Short film
Nut Cake Productions
April
2007

24 parody
Internet Short
Timothy Tracy Enterprises
April
2007

Talisman
Short film
Nakoa Lee, Julianna David
March
2007

The Mountaineer
Short film
AFI
March
2007

Shattered Glass
Feature film
Andercon Inc.
Jan - Mar
2007

Movin' In
Feature film
Yvescreation, LLC (Day player)
December
2006

Tales from the Catholic Church of Elvis
Feature film
CC of E LLC
Nov - Dec
2006

Hit or Miss
Short film
AFI (Day player)
November
2006

Head Heart and Balls
Short film
HH & B LLC
Sept - Oct
2006

The Art of Stalking
Short film
United Film Fund
April
2006

Goin' Shopping/Going to Work
Commercials
Peacemaker Productions
September
2005

Get Pony Boy
Feature film
Orta-Mex Films
June - July
2005

In the Way
PSA
Peacemaker Productions
December
2003

Girlfriends
Short film
Firestitch Films
November
2003

All Hallows(also Assoc. Prod.)
Feature film
7th Sense Prods./Check 2 Check Films
May 2003 -
August 2006

Georgie Porgie: "I Love I Love"
Music video
Peacemaker Productions
May
2003

2nd Assistant Director credits:
Aiden: "Moment"
Music video
Corser Communications
October 2007

A Beautiful Life
Feature film
A Beautiful Life LLC
June 2007

Being Bailey
Web Series
GoTV (Day player)
May 2007

The Trip
Short film
Meherio Productions
October 2006

Fam Bodi: "Right Now"
Music video
Open Road Prods. (also Casting)
January 2004

Misc. Crew credits:
Lone Rider
Locations Asst
Ladron Ltd.
July-August
2007

Live Free or Die Hard
Set PA
20th Century Fox
November
2006

The Amityville Horror
Transpo PA
Long Island Productions/MGM
July - October
2004

The Weather Man
Set PA
Paramount Pictures
March - June
2004

Dirty Work (Southside)
Craft Services
Political Animal
February
2004

The Evil One
Key Set PA
Breakaway Films
September
2003

Repetition
Script Sup.
Bzzz Films
August
2003

Producer credits:
Divebar: Live at Double Door
Live performance
 
February
2006

The Backroom
Short film
Open Road Productions/Vision Pictures
January
2004

MacNeal School 2003
Documentary
Peacemaker Productions
December
2003

Violation
Documentary
(also Co-Writer)
December
2003

Love Meat Tender
Short film
Wayfarer Films
October
2003

Editor credits (narrative):
Enlightenment
Short film
Nut Cake Productions
 

Dark Elements
Short film
Invincible Pictures
 

All Hallows
Feature film
7th Sense Productions/Check 2 Check Films
 

Vacant
Short film
Producers: Renee Domenz/Simeon Henderson/Quentin Plock
 

Let Go
Short film
Producers: Luke Miller/Neal Prosansky
 

Promise
Short film
Producers: Luke Miller/Quentin Plock
 

Lair
Short film
Peacemaker Productions
 

Face to Face
Short film
Peacemaker Productions
 

Editor credits (documentary):
Industry Hollywood
Promo piece
Richard Burke
 

MacNeal School 2006
Documentary
(Also Producer)
 

Divebar: Live at Double Door
Live performance
(Also Producer)
 

Making Vacant
Behind the Scenes
Producers: Renee Domenz/Simeon Henderson/Quentin Plock
 

Making Let Go
Behind the Scenes
Producers: Luke Miller/Neal Prosansky
 

Filming All Hallows
5 featurettes on the special appearances by Brinke Stevens, Linnea Quigley, Glori-Anne Gilbert, Mancow & Svengoolie
Behind the Scenes
7th Sense Productions/Check 2 Check Films
 

Making Promise
Behind the Scenes
Producers: Luke Miller/Quentin Plock
 

Making Everybody Sins
Behind the Scenes
Producers: Luke Miller/Josh Eggebeen
 

Shooting Midnight
Behind the scenes feature
Peacemaker Prods./Atomic Vision Ent.
 

Commitment Interviews
Behind the Scenes
Peacemaker Productions
 

Making Commitment
Behind the Scenes
Peacemaker Productions
 

I have also edited actor, director & DP demo reels, outtake reels, and audition footage.

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