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Frank Darabont

Screenwriter / Film Producer / Film Director / Writer / Television Producer | * 01/28/1959 (65) | Montbéliard, Doubs (France)
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Frank Árpád Darabont (born Ferenc Árpád Darabont, January 28, 1959) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In his early career, he was primarily a screenwriter for such horror films as A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), The Blob (1988) and The Fly II (1989). As a director, he is known for his film adaptations of Stephen King novellas and novels, such as The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Green Mile (1999), and The Mist (2007). Darabont also developed and executive-produced the first season and first half of the second season of the AMC horror series The Walking Dead (2010–2011). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | Horror

Known for these Movies & Shows

Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amora ...

The Shawshank Redemption

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1994 | 4.4/5 | 2h 22min
Drama, Crime
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A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, rec ...

The Green Mile

R

1999 | 4.3/5 | 3h 9min
Fantasy, Drama, Crime
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After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that th ...

The Mist

R

2007 | 3.5/5 | 2h 6min
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
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Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way. ...

The Walking Dead

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2010 | 4.1/5 | 42min per episode
Action & Adventure, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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Awards & Nominations for Frank Darabont

2x Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Picture
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Movies with Frank Darabont as Actor(24)

as himself2023 King on Screen
as himself2021 Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
as himself2013 Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
as himself2012 Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
as himself2011 Nightmare Factory
as himself2011 Clint Eastwood's West
as Self (archive footage)2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as himself2010 The Making of The Walking Dead
as Director #12010 The United Monster Talent Agency
as himself2009 Tales from the Script
as himself2008 When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
as himself2008 The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The Mist
as himself2008 Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'
as himself2008 Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
as himself2008 The Mist: Taming the Beast - The Making of Scene 35
as himself2008 Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
as himself2007 Dangerous Days: Making 'Blade Runner'
as himself2006 Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
as himself2004 Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
as himself2003 Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
as Himself - Writer / Director2000 Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
as himself1999 Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
as Man with Buick1998 Vampires
as himself1986 Stephen King's World of Horror

TV Shows/Series with Frank Darabont as Actor(3)

as himself2014 The Director's Chair
as (uncredited)2010 The Walking Dead
2004 Entourage

Movies with Frank Darabont as Crew(32)

Crew/Thanks2008 When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
Crew/Thanks2008 Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'
Directing/Director2007 The Mist
Production/Producer2007 The Mist
Writing/Screenplay2007 The Mist
Production/Executive Producer2004 Collateral
Production/Producer2002 The Salton Sea
Directing/Director2001 The Majestic
Production/Producer2001 The Majestic
Production/Executive Producer2000 Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Directing/Director1999 The Green Mile
Production/Producer1999 The Green Mile
Writing/Screenplay1999 The Green Mile
Writing/Screenplay1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life
Writing/Screenplay1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Writing/Writer1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
Production/Executive Producer1998 Black Cat Run
Writing/Writer1998 Black Cat Run
Writing/Writer1996 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
Directing/Director1994 The Shawshank Redemption
Writing/Screenplay1994 The Shawshank Redemption
Writing/Writer1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Writing/Screenplay1993 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom
Writing/Writer1992 Two-Fisted Tales
Directing/Director1990 Buried Alive
Writing/Screenplay1989 The Fly II
Writing/Screenplay1988 The Blob
Writing/Screenplay1987 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Art/Art Department Assistant1984 Trancers
Directing/Director1983 The Woman in the Room
Writing/Screenplay1983 The Woman in the Room
Production/Production Assistant1981 Hell Night

TV Shows/Series with Frank Darabont as Crew(14)

Directing/Director2013 Mob City
Writing/Writer2013 Mob City
Creator/Creator2013 Mob City
Directing/Director2010 The Walking Dead
Production/Executive Producer2010 The Walking Dead
Writing/Writer2010 The Walking Dead
Writing/Author2010 The Walking Dead
Crew/Creator2010 The Walking Dead
Creator/Creator2010 The Walking Dead
Directing/Director2007 Raines
Directing/Director2002 The Shield
Writing/Writer1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
Writing/Writer1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Writing/Writer1989 Tales from the Crypt

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Full Name: Frank Darabont
Born: Wednesday, 01/28 1959 (January) in Montbéliard, Doubs (France) (current age: 65 years + 83 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Hollywood High School
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Other names for Frank Darabont (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Френк Дарабонт"
"Frank A. Darabont"
"Ardeth Bey"
"프랭크 다라본트"
"Ferenc Árpád Darabont"
Frank Darabont frequently works together with these people:
Gregory Nicotero (23x, Crew)
Constantine Nasr (21x, Crew)
George Lucas (16x, Crew)
Stephen King (13x, Crew)
Jeffrey DeMunn (9x, Actor)
Chuck Russell (9x, Crew)
Gary Leva (9x, Crew)
Laurie Holden (8x, Actress)
Brian Libby (8x, Actor)
Wes Craven (7x, Crew)
Denise M. Huth (7x, Crew)
Channing Powell (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1757, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/18/2024