Frank Darabont
Birthplace: Montbéliard
Born: 1959-01-28
Occupations recorded in source
director; film director; film producer; screenwriter; television producer; writer
Biography from Wikipedia
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 horror films such 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 drama series The Walking Dead (2010–2011). He directed two episodes of the fifth and final season of the Netflix science fiction horror drama series Stranger Things (2025).
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013)
- The Sci-Fi Boys (2006) — er selbst
- King Kong (2005) — Gunner
- John Carpenter's Vampires (1998) — Man with Buick
Directing
- The Mist (2007)
- The Majestic (2001)
- The Green Mile (1999)
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- Buried Alive (1990)
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Jeffrey DeMunn · 3 films
- Bob Burns · 2 films
- Brian Libby · 2 films
- George Lucas · 2 films
- Laurie Holden · 2 films
- Peter Jackson · 2 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.