Frank Darabont

Biography

Frank Darabont (born January 28, 1959) is a Hungarian-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

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

The United Monster Talent Agency

Nightmare Factory

Stephen King's World of Horror

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

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

The Making of The Walking Dead

Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature

Acting

2009

Tales from the Script

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Self

2007

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

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Self

2023

King on Screen

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Self

2006

Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

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Self

1999

Stephen King: Shining in the Dark

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Self

2013

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

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Self

2010

The United Monster Talent Agency

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Director #1

2011

Nightmare Factory

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Self

2004

Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'

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Self

2018

Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead

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Self

2014

Walking the Mile

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Self

1998

Vampires

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Man with Buick

2004

Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

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Self

1986

Stephen King's World of Horror

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Self

1989

Stephen King's World of Horror

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Self

2008

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

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Self

2012

Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger

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Self

2011

Clint Eastwood's West

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Self

2008

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

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Self

2008

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

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Self

2000

Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

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Self - Writer / Director

2008

Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist

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Self

2008

The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The Mist

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Self

2008

The Mist: Taming the Beast - The Making of Scene 35

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Himself

2003

Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes

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Himself

2010

The Making of The Walking Dead

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Self

2001

Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature

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Self

2005

King Kong

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Biplane gunner (uncredited)

2008

RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”

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Self

The Thing Expanded

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Self

Entourage

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Frank Darabont

The Director's Chair

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Self

The Walking Dead

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(uncredited)

The Shining

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Living Room Ghost

Production

1999

The Green Mile

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2004

Collateral

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2007

The Mist

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2001

The Majestic

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2002

The Salton Sea

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2000

Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

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1981

Hell Night

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1998

Black Cat Run

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2014

Walking the Mile

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The Walking Dead

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Mob City

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Crew

2008

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

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2008

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

as

1982

The Seduction

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The Walking Dead

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The Walking Dead

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Directing

1999

The Green Mile

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2007

The Mist

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2001

The Majestic

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1983

The Woman in the Room

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1990

Buried Alive

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1994

The Shawshank Redemption

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1994

Nightshift Collection

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The Walking Dead

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The Shield

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Raines

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Mob City

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Stranger Things

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