1. Peter John Farrelly was born on December 17,1956 and is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and novelist.
23 Facts About Peter Farrelly
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Peter Farrelly solo-directed and co-wrote the comedy-drama Green Book, 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.
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Peter Farrelly was born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, to Mariann, a nurse practitioner, and Robert Leo Peter Farrelly, a doctor.
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Peter Farrelly's grandparents were Irish immigrants, and he has Polish ancestry.
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Peter Farrelly graduated from Kent School in 1975 and from Providence College where he studied accounting.
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Peter Farrelly decided to pursue writing full-time, which prompted him to quit his sales job and relocate to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where he got a job as a waiter.
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On one of the tables he was waiting, Peter Farrelly struck up a conversation with a writing professor from UMass Amherst, who encouraged Peter Farrelly to apply to graduate school.
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Peter Farrelly said he did not think his chances were good, considering he did poorly in college but the professor said not everything is judged by grades.
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Peter Farrelly studied writing for a time at UMass Amherst, but was ultimately dissatisfied with the program, and transferred to Columbia University in New York City, which Farrelly said he found very satisfying.
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Peter Farrelly later became interested in screenwriting, which led him to directing.
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Peter Farrelly made this career decision after many of his screenplays sold but were not produced.
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Peter Farrelly is a published novelist, with works including Outside Providence and The Comedy Writer.
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Peter Farrelly produced the anthology film and directed two of its segments.
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In 2018, Peter Farrelly directed Green Book, which won the Toronto International Film Festival's People Choice Award.
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In 2020, Peter Farrelly directed alongside his brother, and co-wrote the Quibi comedy series The Now, starring Bill Murray, Dave Franco, O'Shea Jackson Jr.
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Peter Farrelly is a board member of Direct Sports Network.
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Peter Farrelly is married to Melinda Kocsis and has a son, Bob, and a daughter, Apple.
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Peter Farrelly has two sisters, Beth and Cindy, and a third sister, Kathy, who died in 2017.
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In 1998, Peter Farrelly's colleagues told Newsweek magazine that he and his brother Bobby "liked to use ruses to get people to look at Peter Farrelly's penis" as a joke.
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Those who had been tricked into seeing Peter Farrelly's genitals include film executive Tom Rothman and actress Cameron Diaz.
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Peter Farrelly won the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed by Media Access Awards.
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Peter Farrelly won or was nominated for awards for his work in film and television, including winning two Academy Awards and winning two Golden Globe Awards out of five nominations for Green Book in 2019.
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Peter Farrelly won or was nominated for several film festival awards.