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Frank Darabont

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  • Director
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Three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbeliard, France, the son of Hungarian parents who had fled Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution. Brought to America as an infant, he settled with his family in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High School. His first job in movies was as a production assistant on the 1981 low-budget film, Hell Night (1981), starring Linda Blair. He spent the next six years working in the art department as a set dresser and in set construction while struggling to establish himself as a writer. His first produced writing credit (shared) was on the 1987 film, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), directed by Chuck Russell. Darabont is one of only six filmmakers in history with the unique distinction of having his first two feature films receive nominations for the Best Picture Academy Award: 1994's The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (with a total of seven nominations) and 1999's The Green Mile (1999) (four nominations). Darabont himself collected Oscar nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for each film (both based on works by Stephen King), as well as nominations for both films from the Director's Guild of America, and a nomination from the Writers Guild of America for The Shawshank Redemption (1994). He won the Humanitas Prize, the PEN Center USA West Award, and the Scriptor Award for his screenplay of "The Shawshank Redemption". For "The Green Mile", he won the Broadcast Film Critics prize for his screenplay adaptation, and two People's Choice Awards in the Best Dramatic Film and Best Picture categories. The Majestic (2001), starring Jim Carrey, was released in December 2001. He executive-produced the thriller, Collateral (2004), for DreamWorks, with Michael Mann directing and Tom Cruise starring. Future produced-by projects include "Way of the Rat" at DreamWorks with Chuck Russell adapting and directing the CrossGen comic book series and "Back Roads", a Tawni O'Dell novel, also at DreamWorks, with Todd Field attached to direct. Darabont and his production company, "Darkwoods Productions", have an overall deal with Paramount Pictures.
BornJanuary 28, 1959
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BornJanuary 28, 1959
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  • Nominated for 3 Oscars
    • 15 wins & 30 nominations total

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Frank Darabont, Gale Anne Hurd, Erin Hunter, and Jamel Vaughn in The Walking Dead (2010)
Frank Darabont in The Walking Dead (2010)
Frank Darabont in The Walking Dead (2010)
Frank Darabont in The Walking Dead (2010)
Frank Darabont in The Walking Dead (2010)
Frank Darabont and Mick Garris in Post Mortem with Mick Garris (2009)
Frank Darabont
Frank Darabont and Roger Deakins in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Morgan Freeman and Frank Darabont in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Tom Hanks, Frank Darabont, Barry Pepper, and Harry Dean Stanton in The Green Mile (1999)
Tom Hanks, Stephen King, and Frank Darabont in The Green Mile (1999)
Frank Darabont in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Known for

Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption
9.3
  • Writer
  • 1994
Movie Poster
The Green Mile
8.6
  • Writer
  • 1999
The Mist (2007)
The Mist
7.1
  • Writer
  • 2007
Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, and Michael James Shaw in The Walking Dead (2010)
The Walking Dead
8.1
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)

Credits

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Writer

  • Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, and Michael James Shaw in The Walking Dead (2010)
    The Walking Dead
    • developed by
    • written by
    • teleplay by (creator)
    • TV Series
    • 2010–2022
  • Godzilla (2014)
    Godzilla
    • additional writing (uncredited)
    • 2014
  • Edward Burns and Jon Bernthal in Mob City (2013)
    Mob City
    • created by
    • written by
    • creator
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • The Mist (2007)
    The Mist
    • screenplay
    • 2007
  • Movie Poster
    The Green Mile
    • screenplay
    • 1999
  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father (1996)
    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
    • screenplay (segments German East Africa, Congo)
    • Video
    • 1999
  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999)
    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
    • screenplay (segment Austria)
    • Video
    • 1999
  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom (1999)
    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom
    • written by
    • Video
    • 1999
  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (2002)
    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 1996–1999
  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert (1999)
    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
    • written by
    • Video
    • 1999
  • Black Cat Run (1998)
    Black Cat Run
    • story
    • teleplay
    • TV Movie
    • 1998
  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father (1996)
    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
    • written by
    • TV Movie
    • 1996
  • Robert De Niro in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
    • screenplay
    • 1994
  • Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
    The Shawshank Redemption
    • screenplay by
    • 1994
  • Nightshift Collection (1994)
    Nightshift Collection
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 1994

Producer

  • Walking the Mile (Director's Cut)
    • executive producer
    • Video
    • 2014
  • Edward Burns and Jon Bernthal in Mob City (2013)
    Mob City
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, and Michael James Shaw in The Walking Dead (2010)
    The Walking Dead
    • executive producer (showrunner)
    • TV Series
    • 2010–2012
  • The Mist (2007)
    The Mist
    • producer (produced by)
    • 2007
  • Raines (2007)
    Raines
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2007
  • Tom Cruise in Collateral (2004)
    Collateral
    • executive producer
    • 2004
  • The Salton Sea (2002)
    The Salton Sea
    • producer
    • 2002
  • Jim Carrey and Laurie Holden in The Majestic (2001)
    The Majestic
    • producer
    • 2001
  • Walking the Mile (2000)
    Walking the Mile
    • executive producer
    • Video
    • 2000
  • Movie Poster
    The Green Mile
    • producer (produced by)
    • 1999
  • Black Cat Run (1998)
    Black Cat Run
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1998

Director

  • Edward Burns and Jon Bernthal in Mob City (2013)
    Mob City
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, and Michael James Shaw in The Walking Dead (2010)
    The Walking Dead
    • Director (directed by)
    • TV Series
    • 2010
  • The Mist (2007)
    The Mist
    • Director (directed by)
    • 2007
  • Michael Chiklis in The Shield (2002)
    The Shield
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2007
  • Raines (2007)
    Raines
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2007
  • Jim Carrey and Laurie Holden in The Majestic (2001)
    The Majestic
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Movie Poster
    The Green Mile
    • Director
    • 1999
  • Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
    The Shawshank Redemption
    • Director (directed by)
    • 1994
  • Nightshift Collection (1994)
    Nightshift Collection
    • Director
    • Video
    • 1994
  • Tim Matheson in Buried Alive (1990)
    Buried Alive
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1990
  • The Woman in the Room (1984)
    The Woman in the Room
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1984
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Videos8

"Post Mortem with Mick Garris": Episode 1 -- Frank Darabont
Interview 5:26
"Post Mortem with Mick Garris": Episode 1 -- Frank Darabont
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:11
Official Trailer
The Mist
Trailer 2:30
The Mist
Tales From The Script
Trailer 2:24
Tales From The Script
Tales from the Script
Trailer 2:23
Tales from the Script
The Walking Dead - Sizzle Reel
Featurette 4:54
The Walking Dead - Sizzle Reel
Who Almost Starred In "The Walking Dead"?
Video 3:00
Who Almost Starred In "The Walking Dead"?
Who Else Almost Starred In 'The Shawshank Redemption?'
Video 2:25
Who Else Almost Starred In 'The Shawshank Redemption?'

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Ardeth Bey
  • Height
    • 6′ (1.83 m)
  • Born
    • January 28, 1959
    • Montbéliard, Doubs, France
  • Spouse
    • Karyn Wagner
  • Relatives
    • Sibling(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Interviewed in "Directors Close Up: Interviews with Directors Nominated for Best Film by the Directors Guild of America", ed. by Jeremy Kagan, Scarecrow Press.
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Interviews
    • 1 Article

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    The D-Day sequence at Normandy, in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (1998), was an addition that Darabont himself proposed during script revisions.
  • Quotes
    If you're going to succeed, you've got to be like one of those punch-drunk fighters in the old Warner Bros. boxing pictures: too stupid to fall down, you just keep slugging and stay on your feet. [Oct. 1994, "Premiere" magazine]
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      Frequently makes adaptations of stories or novels by Stephen King.

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