Duncan Birmingham is a writer, director, and actor living in Los Angeles. He was a writer and executive producer on ''

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'' on IFC and a writer and co-executive producer on '' Blunt Talk'' on Starz. In 2021, he released a short story collection, ''The Cult in My Garage'' from Maudlin House. In 2022, Birmingham wrote and directed the feature film, Who Invited Them.

Career

Birmingham started his career as a ''

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'' intern. Later, he was a reporter and editor for various Boston-area newspapers including '' The Cambridge Chronicle'' and the '' Somerville Journal''. He was also a reporter and

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expert for the ''

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''. His fiction has appeared in over a dozen literary magazines like '' nerve.com'', ''Storychord'', ''

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'', '' Word Riot'' '' Mystery Tribune'' and the ''Oxford Review''. He is the author of the blog and subsequent humor book series, ''Pets Who Want To Kill Themselves''. After moving to Los Angeles, Birmingham worked as a writers' assistant on ''

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'' before breaking into feature films. He wrote screenplays for Marc Platt Productions, A Thousand Words productions and his spec screenplay ''Swingles'' sold to

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and was later on The Black List two years in a row. He then transitioned to TV and has sold projects to

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and

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. In 2011 he and

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wrote a pilot presentation based on Maron's life that screened in NYC and is the basis for the series ''

'' on IFC. Birmingham serves as a writer and executive producer on the show. Birmingham served as a writer and executive producer on the show. Birmingham is now co-executive producer on '' Blunt Talk''. He also served as a writer on the

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HBO project, ''Videosynchrzy''. His project ''Foodies'' is in development at AMC with Michael London producing. Birmingham has written, directed or acted in projects that have played at the

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, AFI,

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, New York TV Festival, Williamstown Film Festival, Catalina Festival, Los Angeles Short Film Festival, LA Indie Film Festival; among others. His adventurous food group has been chronicled by ''

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''. In 2021 his story collection "The Cult in My Garage" was published by Maudlin House press. The Los Angeles Review of Books wrote the collection "cast an unexpected spell" and "brims with wit, insight and hilarity." Ploughshares wrote the book "recalls such masters as Ring Lardner and Nathanael West.". The collection's title story was chosen for the Selected Shorts podcast hosted by Meg Wolizter. The story was performed live by Michaela Watkins. Birmingham wrote and directed, '' Who Invited Them''. The 2022 feature film starred

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, Perry Mattfeld, and Melissa Tang. After playing The Overlook Film Festival and FrightFest, Who Invited Them premiered on Shudder and AMC+. Bloody Disgusting gave the film four out of five skulls. The Hollywood Reporter listed it as one of the best horror films of 2022

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