Frank Darabont
Directing
- Born:
- 1959-01-28
- Place of birth:
- 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
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
King on Screen
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
Stranger Things
Walking the Mile
The Director's Chair
Mob City
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
Nightmare Factory
Clint Eastwood's West
Bob Burns' Hollywood Halloween
The Walking Dead
The United Monster Talent Agency
The Making of The Walking Dead
Tales from the Script
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
When Darkness Came: The Making of The Mist
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The Mist
Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of The Mist
The Mist: Taming the Beast — The Making of Scene 35
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
The Mist
Raines
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
King Kong
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Collateral
Entourage
Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at The Shawshank Redemption
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
The Shield
The Salton Sea
The Majestic
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
The Green Mile
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Vampires
Black Cat Run
The Shining
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
The Shawshank Redemption
Nightshift Collection
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Two-Fisted Tales
Buried Alive
Tales from the Crypt
The Fly II
Stephen King's World of Horror