At the age of six, Phil Leirness was starting to write 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 famous clubs as the Comedy Store on Hollywood's Sunset Strip). It was upon seeing the Wim Wenders masterpiece _Wings of Des ...[Read Story]