2002Nominee
Best Director
The Story of O: Untold Pleasures
Phil Leirness
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
November 25, 1968
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2013Nominee
Best Director
Dirty Teacher
2013Nominee
Best Director
The Cheating Pact
Career Highlights
2013Highlight
Best Performance
West Hollywood Motel
2013Highlight
Best Director
The Perfect Boyfriend
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Dirty Teacher
The Cheating Pact
The Perfect Boyfriend