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
Walking the Mile
The Director's Chair
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
Nightmare Factory
Clint Eastwood's West
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
Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of The Mist
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The Mist
The Mist: Taming the Beast — The Making of Scene 35
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
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'
Entourage
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Vampires
The Shining
Stephen King's World of Horror
Stephen King's World of Horror