Frank Darabont

DirectingBorn 1959-01-28 (67)Montbéliard, Doubs, France

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.

Frank Darabont

Known For

The United Monster Talent Agency

Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

The Walking Dead

Stephen King's World of Horror

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

The Making of The Walking Dead

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5

Entourage

Filmography

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

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

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

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

Collateral

Entourage

Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes

The Shield

The Salton Sea

The Majestic

Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature

The Green Mile

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom

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: Daredevils of the Desert

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

The Blob

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Stephen King's World of Horror

Trancers

Crimes of Passion

The Woman in the Room

The Seduction

Hell Night

The Thing Expanded