Phil Leirness

Phil Leirness has always been a storyteller At the age of six he was writing short stories By the age of nine he was acting in plays and musicals By the time he graduated from high school he was already a published film critic a standup comic and a television host in his native San Francisco Bay Area After moving to Los Angeles Leirness continued to perform standup comedy at such venues as the Comedy Store on Hollywoods Sunset Strip It was upon seeing the Wim Wenders masterpiece Wings of Desire 1987 in 1988 that he knew he had to become a filmmaker