Frank Darabont
Department: Directing
Biography
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
Tales from the Script
2009
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007
King on Screen
2023
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
2006
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
1999
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
2013
Nightmare Factory
2011
The United Monster Talent Agency
2010
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2004
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
2018
Walking the Mile
2014
Vampires
1998
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
2004
Stephen King's World of Horror
1989
Stephen King's World of Horror
1986
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012
Clint Eastwood's West
2011
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
2008
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
2008
The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The Mist
2008
Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'
2008
The Mist: Taming the Beast - The Making of Scene 35
2008
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
2003
The Making of The Walking Dead
2010
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
2001
King Kong
2005
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008
The Thing Expanded
2026
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
2026
Entourage
2004
The Director's Chair
2014
The Walking Dead
2010
The Shining
1997