Frank Darabont
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Frank Darabont

Jan 28, 1959 - Montbéliard, Doubs, France

Frank Darabont (born January 28, 1959) is a Hungarian-American film director, screenwriter and producer who has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe. He was born in France by Hungarian parents who fled Budapest during the 1956 uprising, but the family moved to Los Angeles while he was still an infant.

He has directed the films The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Mist, all based on stories by Stephen King. In 2010 he developed and executive produced the first season of the AMC network television series The Walking Dead.

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie2009Tales from the ScriptSelf
Movie2007Dangerous Days: Making Blade RunnerSelf
Movie2023King on ScreenSelf
Movie2006Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'Self
Movie1999Stephen King: Shining in the DarkSelf
Movie2013Drew: The Man Behind the PosterSelf
Movie2011Nightmare FactorySelf
Movie2010The United Monster Talent AgencyDirector #1
Movie2004Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'Self
Movie2018Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living DeadSelf
Movie2014Walking the MileSelf
Movie1998VampiresMan with Buick
Movie2004Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' LegacySelf
Movie1989Stephen King's World of HorrorSelf
Movie1986Stephen King's World of HorrorSelf
Movie2008Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFXSelf
Movie2012Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy KruegerSelf
Movie2011Clint Eastwood's WestSelf
Movie2008When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'Self
Movie2000Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green MileSelf - Writer / Director
Movie2008Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An ArtistSelf
Movie2008The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The MistSelf
Movie2008Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'Self
Movie2008The Mist: Taming the Beast - The Making of Scene 35Himself
Movie2003Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney TunesHimself
Movie2010The Making of The Walking DeadSelf
Movie2001Shawshank: The Redeeming FeatureSelf
Movie2005King KongBiplane gunner (uncredited)
Movie2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”Self
TV Show2004Entourage1
TV Show2014The Director's ChairSelf1
TV Show2010The Walking Dead(uncredited)1
TV Show1997The ShiningLiving Room Ghost1

Crew

Media
Movie1999The Green MileDirectorDirecting
Movie1999The Green MileScreenplayWriting
Movie1999The Green MileProducerProduction
Movie2004CollateralExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1989The Fly IIScreenplayWriting
Movie1987A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream WarriorsScreenplayWriting
Movie2007The MistDirectorDirecting
Movie2007The MistScreenplayWriting
Movie2007The MistProducerProduction
Movie2001The MajesticDirectorDirecting
Movie2001The MajesticProducerProduction
Movie2002The Salton SeaProducerProduction
Movie1988The BlobScreenplayWriting
Movie1983The Woman in the RoomDirectorDirecting
Movie2000Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green MileExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1990Buried AliveDirectorDirecting
Movie1998Black Cat RunWriterWriting
Movie1994Mary Shelley's FrankensteinWriterWriting
Movie1983The Woman in the RoomScreenplayWriting
Movie1996The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with FatherWriterWriting
Movie1993The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of DoomScreenplayWriting
Movie1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, The Giver and Taker of LifeScreenplayWriting
Movie1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret ServiceScreenplayWriting
Movie1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the DesertWriterWriting
Movie2008When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'ThanksCrew
Movie2008Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'ThanksCrew
Movie1994The Shawshank RedemptionScreenplayWriting
Movie1981Hell NightProduction AssistantProduction
Movie1998Black Cat RunExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1984TrancersArt Department AssistantArt
Movie1984Crimes of PassionSet DresserArt
Movie2014Walking the MileExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1992Two-Fisted TalesWriterWriting
Movie1994The Shawshank RedemptionDirectorDirecting
Movie1994Nightshift CollectionDirectorDirecting
Movie1982The SeductionTransportation CaptainCrew
Movie1983The Woman in the RoomEditorEditing
TV Show2010The Walking DeadWriterWriting
TV Show2010The Walking DeadDirectorDirecting
TV Show2010The Walking DeadExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2002The ShieldDirectorDirecting
TV Show1989Tales from the CryptWriterWriting
TV Show2007RainesDirectorDirecting
TV Show2013Mob CityDirectorDirecting
TV Show2013Mob CityWriterWriting
TV Show2010The Walking DeadCreatorCrew
TV Show2010The Walking DeadAuthorWriting
TV Show1992The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesWriterWriting
TV Show2010The Walking DeadThanksCrew
TV Show1989Tales from the CryptScreenplayWriting
TV Show2013Mob CityExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2016Stranger ThingsDirectorDirecting
TV Show2010The Walking DeadCreatorCreator
TV Show2013Mob CityCreatorCreator