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Peter Farrelly
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Actor, Book Author Born: 1957 Biography:A published novelist, "Peter Farrelly" merged his very particular comic sensibilities with younger brother "Bobby Farrelly" and became one of the premiere auteurs of gross-out comedy. Raised in Cumberland, Rhode Island, Farrelly received a master's degree in creative writing from Columbia University. While he and Bobby attempted to break into Hollywood as screenwriters, Peter also published his first novel, Outside Providence, in 1988. The Farrellys managed to sell two Seinfeld episodes and several screenplays before one, "Dumb and Dumber" (1994), finally got made.
Peter's directorial debut, "Dumb and Dumber" showcased not only rising star "Jim Carrey"'s manic talents, but also the Farrellys' taste for combining grotesquely-hilarious physical exploits with an affectionate love story -- it became a blockbuster hit. While their Amish bowling comedy "Kingpin" (1996) failed to match its predecessor's... Full Biography
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