Frank Darabont
Directing·January 28, 1959 — 67 years old·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.
Known For
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2026The Thing ExpandedSelf2026One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5Self - Guest Director Chapter 3 And 52023King on ScreenSelf2018Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living DeadSelf · Thanks2016Stranger ThingsTVDirector2014Walking the MileSelf · Executive Producer2014The Director's ChairTVSelf2013Mob CityTVDirector · Writer · Executive Producer · Creator2013Drew: The Man Behind the PosterSelf2012Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy KruegerSelf2011Nightmare FactorySelf2011Clint Eastwood's WestSelf2010The Walking DeadTV(uncredited) · Writer · Director · Executive Producer · Creator · Author · Thanks2010The United Monster Talent AgencyDirector #12010The Making of The Walking DeadSelf2009Tales from the ScriptSelf2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”Self2008Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFXSelf2008When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'Self · Thanks2008Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An ArtistSelf · Thanks2008The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The MistSelf2008Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'Self · Thanks2008The Mist: Taming the Beast - The Making of Scene 35Himself2007Dangerous Days: Making Blade RunnerSelf2007The MistDirector · Screenplay · Producer2007RainesTVDirector2006Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'Self2005King KongBiplane Gunner (uncredited)2005Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years CollectionSelf2004Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' LegacySelf2004Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'Self2004CollateralExecutive Producer2004EntourageTVFrank Darabont2003Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney TunesHimself2002The ShieldTVDirector2002The Salton SeaProducer2001The MajesticDirector · Producer2001Shawshank: The Redeeming FeatureSelf2000Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green MileSelf - Writer / Director · Executive Producer1999The Green MileDirector · Producer · Writer1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of DoomScreenplay1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of LifeScreenplay1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret ServiceScreenplay1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the DesertWriter1999Stephen King: Shining in the DarkSelf1998VampiresMan with Buick1998Black Cat RunWriter · Executive Producer1997The ShiningTVLiving Room Ghost1996The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with FatherWriter1994Mary Shelley's FrankensteinWriter1994The Shawshank RedemptionScreenplay · Director1994Nightshift CollectionDirector1992The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesTVWriter1992Two-Fisted TalesWriter1990Buried AliveDirector1989Tales from the CryptTVWriter · Screenplay1989The Fly IIScreenplay1989Stephen King's World of HorrorSelf1988The BlobScreenplay1987A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream WarriorsScreenplay1986Stephen King's World of HorrorSelf1984TrancersArt Department Assistant1984Crimes of PassionSet Dresser1983The Woman in the RoomDirector · Screenplay · Editor1982The SeductionTransportation Captain1981Hell NightProduction Assistant