Born into a showbiz family, with every finger in a different creative pie. Phil has trained as an actor and audio engineer, and is a musician and music producer. He’s written and directed for stage and screen, including two feature films and a stage musical. As an author he’s published four books: <em>F*k Art, Just Tell the Story,</em> a comprehensive filmmaking guide; the novel <em>Return of the Prophet</em>, and its companion book <em>The Shentama; </em>and his latest novel<em> Terra Utopia</em>. When not writing or creating music with his band <em>GuffNasm</em>, he teaches filmmaking and sound production. For all the different creative areas Phil has explored, he identified first and foremost as a storyteller – whatever form that may take.