Frank Darabont
Known for: Directing
Born: January 28, 1959
Place of birth: Montbéliard, Doubs, France
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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Filmography
56 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
8.5
The Thing Expanded
2026
7.2
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
2026
7.0
King on Screen
2023
NR
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
2018
8.6
Stranger Things
2016
5.0
Walking the Mile
2014
7.0
The Director's Chair
2014
6.8
Mob City
2013
7.0
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
2013
6.0
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012
7.2
Nightmare Factory
20116.0
Clint Eastwood's West
2011
8.1
The Walking Dead
2010
9.1
The United Monster Talent Agency
2010
7.8
The Making of The Walking Dead
2010
6.6
Tales from the Script
2009
8.0
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008
6.6
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008
8.2
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
2008
4.8
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
20087.0
The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The Mist
2008
7.2
Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'
20087.0
The Mist: Taming the Beast - The Making of Scene 35
2008
7.8
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007
7.0
The Mist
2007
7.5
Raines
2007
5.7
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
2006
6.9
King Kong
2005
8.0
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005
7.7
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
20047.0
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2004
7.2
Collateral
2004
7.4
Entourage
2004
8.0
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
2003
8.2
The Shield
2002
6.6
The Salton Sea
2002
6.8
The Majestic
2001
8.4
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
20017.2
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000
8.5
The Green Mile
1999
5.6
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999
6.0
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
1999
5.2
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
6.1
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
1999
6.8
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
1999
6.3
Vampires
1998
5.2
Black Cat Run
1998
6.3
The Shining
1997
6.1
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
1996
6.4
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
8.7
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
7.7
Nightshift Collection
1994
6.5
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
5.1
Two-Fisted Tales
1992
6.8
Buried Alive
1990
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
5.8
The Fly II
1989
8.0
Stephen King's World of Horror
1989
6.9
The Blob
1988
6.7
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
6.1
Stephen King's World of Horror
1986
6.0
Trancers
1984
6.3
Crimes of Passion
1984
5.6
The Woman in the Room
1983
5.8
The Seduction
1982
5.5
Hell Night
1981