Frank Darabont
Directing
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.
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The Walking Dead
2010
Entourage
2004
King Kong
2005
The Shining
1997
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
2026
Vampires
1998
The Director's Chair
2014
Clint Eastwood's West
2011
The Thing Expanded
2026
Nightmare Factory
2011
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007
The Making of The Walking Dead
2010
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
2013
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005
Stephen King's World of Horror
1986
Walking the Mile
2014
Stephen King's World of Horror
1989
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
1999
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
2004
Tales from the Script
2009
King on Screen
2023
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
2001
The United Monster Talent Agency
2010
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2004
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
2008
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
2006
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
2003
Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'
2008
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
2018
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012
The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The Mist
2008
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
2008
The Mist: Taming the Beast - The Making of Scene 35
2008
On the crew 37
Stranger Things
2016
The Walking Dead
2010
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
The Shield
2002
The Green Mile
1999
Tales from the Crypt
1989
The Mist
2007
Collateral
2004
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
The Blob
1988
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
Mob City
2013
Raines
2007
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
The Fly II
1989
The Majestic
2001
Crimes of Passion
1984
The Salton Sea
2002
Buried Alive
1990
Trancers
1984
Hell Night
1981
Two-Fisted Tales
1992
The Seduction
1982
Walking the Mile
2014
Nightshift Collection
1994
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
1999
The Woman in the Room
1983
Black Cat Run
1998
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
1996
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
2008
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'
2008
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
2018
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
2008