Phil Leirness Biography
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 stand-up comic and a television host (in his native San Francisco Bay Area). After moving to Los Angeles, Leirness continued to perform stand-up comedy (at such venues as the Comedy Store on Hollywood's 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.
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Awful ‘Kraven The Hunter’ Ends Sony’s Marvel-Based Film Cycle at Last. The soulless, insipid ‘Kraven...
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Timothée Chalamet Captures the Mystic of Bob Dylan in 'A Complete Unknown'. Director James Mangold delivers...
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‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ Mixes Anime With Tolkien to Mostly Successful Results....
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‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Brings an Amblin Movie Feel to that Galaxy Far, Far Away. A roguish Jude...
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‘Creature Commandos’ Kicks off James Gunn’s DC Universe in Violent, Funny, Wild Style. Gunn brings...
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A Poignant Daniel Craig Can’t Help ‘Queer’ From Wandering Off Course. ‘Queer’ stars Daniel...
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‘Moana 2’ Is A Fun Sequel But Doesn’t Replicate the Magic of the Original. Auli’i Cravalho and...
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‘Flow’ is a Beautiful, Meaningful Animated Adventure Featuring a Brave Feline. Co-written and directed...
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‘Wicked’ Defies Gravity to Bring the Stage Musical to Screens With Resounding Success
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