Frank Darabont
- Directing
- January 28, 1959 · Montbéliard, Doubs, France
Biography
Frank Árpád Darabont (born Ferenc Árpád Darabont, January 28, 1959) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer, who has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe. He was born in France to 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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Thing Expanded · Self
- One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 · Self
- King on Screen · Self
- Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead · Self, Thanks
- Stranger Things · Director
- Walking the Mile · Self, Executive producer
- The Director's Chair · Self
- Mob City · Director, Writer
- Drew: The Man Behind the Poster · Self
- Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger · Self
- Nightmare Factory · Self
- Clint Eastwood's West · Self
- The Walking Dead · (uncredited), Writer
- The United Monster Talent Agency · Director #1
- The Making of The Walking Dead · Self
- Tales from the Script · Self
- RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” · Self
- Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX · Self
- When Darkness Came: The Making of The Mist · Self, Thanks
- Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist · Self, Thanks
- The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The Mist · Self
- Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of The Mist · Self, Thanks
- The Mist: Taming the Beast — The Making of Scene 35 · Self
- Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner · Self
- The Mist · Producer, Screenplay
- Raines · Director
- Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' · Self
- King Kong · Biplane Gunner (uncredited)
- Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection · Self
- Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy · Self
- Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' · Self
- Collateral · Executive producer, Writer
- Entourage · Frank Darabont
- Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes · Self
- The Shield · Director
- The Salton Sea · Producer
- The Majestic · Director, Producer
- Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature · Self
- Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile · Self, Executive producer
- The Green Mile · Producer, Director
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert · Writer
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life · Screenplay
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service · Screenplay
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom · Screenplay
- Stephen King: Shining in the Dark · Self
- Vampires · Man with Buick
- Black Cat Run · Writer, Executive producer
- The Shining · Living Room Ghost
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father · Writer
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein · Writer
- The Shawshank Redemption · Screenplay, Director
- Nightshift Collection · Director
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles · Writer
- Two-Fisted Tales · Writer
- Buried Alive · Director
- Tales from the Crypt · Writer, Screenplay
- The Fly II · Screenplay
- Stephen King's World of Horror · Self
- The Blob · Screenplay
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors · Screenplay
- Stephen King's World of Horror · Self
- Trancers · Art Department Assistant
- Crimes of Passion · Set Dresser
- The Woman in the Room · Director, Screenplay
- The Seduction · Transportation Captain
- Hell Night · Production Assistant