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Frank Darabont

Frank Darabont profile
Known For: Directing
Birthday: 1959-01-28
Place of Birth: Montbéliard, Doubs, France
Popularity: 2.2

Biography

Frank Darabont (born January 28, 1959) is an 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.

Known For Filmography

The Walking Dead poster

The Walking Dead

2010
Entourage poster

Entourage

2004
King Kong poster

King Kong

2005
The Shining poster

The Shining

1997
Vampires poster

Vampires

1998
The Director's Chair poster

The Director's Chair

2014
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 poster

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5

2026
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner poster

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

2007
No Photo

Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

2000
The Making of The Walking Dead poster

The Making of The Walking Dead

2010
The Thing Expanded poster

The Thing Expanded

2026
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” poster

RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”

2008
Tales from the Script poster

Tales from the Script

2009
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster poster

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

2013
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' poster

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

2008
Stephen King's World of Horror poster

Stephen King's World of Horror

1989
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX poster

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

2008
Walking the Mile poster

Walking the Mile

2014
No Photo

Clint Eastwood's West

2011
King on Screen poster

King on Screen

2023
The United Monster Talent Agency poster

The United Monster Talent Agency

2010
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark poster

Stephen King: Shining in the Dark

1999
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature poster

Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature

2001
Nightmare Factory poster

Nightmare Factory

2011
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' poster

Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

2006
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy poster

Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

2004
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Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'

2004
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection poster

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

2005
Stephen King's World of Horror poster

Stephen King's World of Horror

1986
Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist' poster

Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'

2008
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead poster

Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead

2018
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist poster

Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist

2008
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The Mist: Taming the Beast - The Making of Scene 35

2008
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger poster

Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger

2012
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes poster

Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes

2003
No Photo

The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The Mist

2008