Phil Leirness

Phil Leirness

Nacimiento : 1968-11-25,

Historia

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.

Perfil

Phil Leirness

Películas

West Hollywood Motel
Ray
Various lives intersect in and around a West Hollywood motel in this kaleidoscopic comedy about sex, love, and the meaning of life.
The Truth Is Out There
Director
For the past fifty years, conspiracy theories have become a prevalent topic of discussion and cause for great alarm, growing into a truly global phenomenon. Dean Haglund (The X-Files) reveals the Comedy, Consciousness and Conspiracy of a world gone mad.
Karl Rove, I Love You
Director
Election Year, 2004. A documentary on the "unknown supporting actor" takes a surprising turn when the lead of the film (Dan Butler; "Bulldog" from the television series "Frasier") becomes smitten with the idea of playing Karl Rove, President Bush's notorious senior advisor. Initially bent on bringing Rove down, as Butler gets deeper and deeper into his role, he actually falls in love with Rove.
Spectres
Director
Este ensayo documental recuerda uno de los capítulos más oscuros de la descolonización del Congo Belga: los acontecimientos que conducen al asesinato de Patrice Lumumba, el primer ministro elegido democráticamente en el Congo. La película está construida en forma de un viaje con el personaje principal, Jacques Brassinne de La Buissière, un ex alto funcionario y protagonista en el thriller político y humanitario que se desata tras la decisión de la descolonización apresurada. Él actúa simultáneamente como guía, comentarista y figura simbólica, y lo seguimos a través de muchos sitios y momentos históricos cruciales. En el curso de estas peregrinaciones, surgen preguntas sobre el manifiesto y las motivaciones ocultas detrás de los acontecimientos históricos de un pasado todavía en gran parte sin resolver, problemas que siguen acosando al pasado y el presente.
The Story of O: Untold Pleasures
Screenplay
"O" is a talented photographer in her late twenties with a promising career ahead of her. She is torn, however, between the tasks financial realities are forcing upon her and between her own artistic aims. Encouraged by her boyfriend, Rene, "O" decides that she should pursue her artistic passion without reservation, setting aside financial realities until she has completed her very beautiful, avant-garde book of original photos. In hopes of enabling "O" to focus her energies on the book, Rene introduces her to a mysterious benefactor, the wealthy and powerful Sir Stephen. What starts out as a promising arrangement, turns out to be self-destructive for "O". She allows outside influences to corrupt her artistic vision, as she is drawn into a seductive world of deceit, power, and eroticism
The Story of O: Untold Pleasures
Director
"O" is a talented photographer in her late twenties with a promising career ahead of her. She is torn, however, between the tasks financial realities are forcing upon her and between her own artistic aims. Encouraged by her boyfriend, Rene, "O" decides that she should pursue her artistic passion without reservation, setting aside financial realities until she has completed her very beautiful, avant-garde book of original photos. In hopes of enabling "O" to focus her energies on the book, Rene introduces her to a mysterious benefactor, the wealthy and powerful Sir Stephen. What starts out as a promising arrangement, turns out to be self-destructive for "O". She allows outside influences to corrupt her artistic vision, as she is drawn into a seductive world of deceit, power, and eroticism
The Party Crashers
Director
Three guys crash a party and take it hostage, holding it for ransom.