Bo McGuire was born the queer son of a Waffle House cook and his third-shift waitress in Hokes Bluff, Alabama. He is a Ryan Murphy + Half Initiative Mentee and one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. His transgenerational docudrama, Socks on Fire, is supported by Cinereach and participated in the True/False + Catapult Retreat, Hot Docs Pitch Forum and IFP Labs. His television pilot, Shitbird, was selected by Spike Lee for the Sandra Ifraimova Award and his feature script, Alabama Snipe Fight, appeared on NYU’s Purple List. He belongs to the First Church of Dolly Parton.