Peter Farrelly

Known for directing · Born 17 December 1956 · 69 · Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA

60 credits

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 best known for directing and producing quirky 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. Farrelly solo-directed and co-wrote the comedy-drama Green Book (2018), which won the Audience Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018, the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, and the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Farrelly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Green Book

2018

Dumb and Dumber

1994

There's Something About Mary

1998

Me, Myself & Irene

2000

Dumb and Dumber To

2014

Shallow Hal

2001

Movie 43

2013

Hall Pass

2011

The Heartbreak Kid

2007

Osmosis Jones

2001

Kingpin

1996

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

2022

Acting (25)

2026Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!Self - FilmmakerSeries

2021Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie MovieSelfFilm

2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight MadnessSelfFilm

2020Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and CampSelfFilm

2020Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All TimeSelfSeries

2018The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical ManHimselfFilm

2018Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-BlachéSelfFilm

2017RocksteppyHimselfFilm

2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelfSeries

2015"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'SelfFilm

2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelfSeries

2013Clear HistoryPoker BuddyFilm

2008CriticSelfFilm

2007The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriters Peter & Bobby FarrellyHimselfFilm

2007The Farrelly Bros.: In the French TraditionSelfFilm

2005Making a Scene: Fever PitchHimselfFilm

2004Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the ScreenSelfFilm

2004Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on YouSelfFilm

2003Three Stooges 75th Anniversary SpecialSelfFilm

2002Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-upSelfFilm

2001Project GreenlightSelfSeries

2001Reel Comedy: Shallow HalSelfFilm

2001Being 'Shallow Hal'SelfFilm

1997The ViewSelfSeries

1953The OscarsSelfSeries

Directing (13)

2026Balls UpDirectorFilm

2026I Play RockyDirector, ProducerFilm

2024Ricky StanickyDirector, Screenstory, ScreenplayFilm

2021The NowDirector, Writer, CreatorSeries

2018Green BookDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm

2014Dumb and Dumber ToDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm

2012The Three StoogesDirector, Screenplay, ProducerFilm

2007The Heartbreak KidDirector, ScreenplayFilm

2005Fever PitchDirectorFilm

2001Shallow HalDirector, Producer, ScreenplayFilm

2000Me, Myself & IreneDirector, Screenplay, ProducerFilm

1996KingpinDirectorFilm

1994Dumb and DumberDirector, WriterFilm

Production (17)

2025The Man Who Saves the World?Executive ProducerFilm

2024Dear SantaProducer, Screenplay, StoryFilm

2023Lucky HankExecutive Producer, DirectorSeries

2021Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie MovieExecutive ProducerFilm

2018Hot Summer NightsExecutive ProducerFilm

2017LoudermilkExecutive Producer, Director, Writer, CreatorSeries

2015The Leisure ClassProducerFilm

2013Movie 43Producer, DirectorFilm

2009The Lost Son of HavanaExecutive ProducerFilm

2008UnhitchedExecutive Producer, DirectorSeries

2005The RingerProducerFilm

2003Stuck on YouProducer, Director, Screenplay, StoryFilm

2002Ozzy & DrixExecutive ProducerSeries

2001Osmosis JonesProducer, DirectorFilm

2001Say It Isn't SoProducerFilm

1998There's Something About MaryExecutive Producer, Director, ScreenplayFilm

—(Saint) PeterExecutive ProducerFilm

Writing (5)

2022The Greatest Beer Run EverScreenplay, DirectorFilm

2011Hall PassScreenplay, Director, ProducerFilm

2003Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met LloydCharactersFilm

1999Outside ProvidenceScreenplay, Producer, NovelFilm

1987Paul Reiser: Out on a WhimWriterFilm