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AKA:
Peter John Farrelly
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Birthplace:
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
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Half of arguably the second most-famous brother act in filmmaking (after the Coens), Peter Farrelly developed his comic chops competing for laughs around the family dinner table in Cumberland, Rhode Island. Together with his equally underachieving brother Bobby, he lived the slacker life to the hilt before moving to Los Angeles in 1985, landing a development deal with writing partner Bennett Yellin soon after. Bobby joined the process, and the brothers remained constantly employed, going from one deal to the next, though none of the movies ended up getting made. Peter did score a credit and
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live-action director
2001
Novel as Source Material
1999
Raised in Cumberland, Rhode Island
1979
Worked as salesman for US Lines, Inc in Boston, Massachusetts
1985
Moved to Los Angeles and began writing screenplays with Bennett Yellin; younger brother Bobby later joined the process
1987
First writing credit (with Jerry and David Zucker and Yellin, among others), the NBC TV special "Our Planet Tonight"
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