I Love You Phillip Morris is a 2009 American biographical romantic comedy film based on the 1980s and 1990s real-life story of con artist, impostor and multiple prison escapee Steven Jay Russell, as played by Jim Carrey. While incarcerated, Russell falls in love with his fellow inmate, Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). After Morris is released from prison, Russell escapes from prison four times to be reunited with Morris. The film was directed by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra in their directorial debut, adapted from the 2003 non-fiction novel I Love You Phillip Morris: A True Story of Life, Love, and Prison Breaks by Steve McVicker.