Peter Farrelly

Peter John Farrelly (born December 17, 1956) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and novelist. Along with his brother Bobby, the Farrelly brothers are mostly famous for directing and producing quirky, slightly offensive comedy and romantic comedy films such as Dumb and Dumber, Shallow Hal, Me, Myself and Irene, There\'s Something About Mary and the 2007 remake of The Heartbreak Kid. On his own, Peter Farrelly directed Green Book which won the Audience Award at the Toronto Film Festival in 2018.\n', '

Farrelly was born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, to Mariann, a nurse practitioner, and Robert Leo Farrelly, a doctor. He was raised in Cumberland, Rhode Island and graduated from Providence College.\n', '

Farrelly decided to pursue writing full-time, which prompted him to quit his job and relocate to Cape Cod, Massachusetts where he got a job as a waiter. On one of the tab…