Frank Darabont
Directing
1959-01-28 · 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.
Filmography
The Thing Expanded
2026 · Movie
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
2026 · Movie
King on Screen
2023 · Movie
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
2018 · Movie
Stranger Things
2016 · Series
Walking the Mile
2014 · Movie
The Director's Chair
2014 · Series
Mob City
2013 · Series
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
2013 · Movie
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012 · Movie
Nightmare Factory
2011 · Movie
Clint Eastwood's West
2011 · Movie
The Walking Dead
2010 · Series
The United Monster Talent Agency
2010 · Movie
The Making of The Walking Dead
2010 · Movie
Tales from the Script
2009 · Movie
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008 · Movie
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008 · Movie
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
2008 · Movie
Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'
2008 · Movie
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
2008 · Movie
The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The Mist
2008 · Movie
The Mist: Taming the Beast - The Making of Scene 35
2008 · Movie
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007 · Movie
The Mist
2007 · Movie
Raines
2007 · Series
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
2006 · Movie
King Kong
2005 · Movie
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005 · Movie
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
2004 · Movie
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2004 · Movie
Collateral
2004 · Movie
Entourage
2004 · Series
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
2003 · Movie
The Shield
2002 · Series
The Salton Sea
2002 · Movie
The Majestic
2001 · Movie
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
2001 · Movie
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000 · Movie
The Green Mile
1999 · Movie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999 · Movie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999 · Movie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
1999 · Movie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
1999 · Movie
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
1999 · Movie
Vampires
1998 · Movie
Black Cat Run
1998 · Movie
The Shining
1997 · Series
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
1996 · Movie
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994 · Movie
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Movie
Nightshift Collection
1994 · Movie
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · Series
Two-Fisted Tales
1992 · Movie
Buried Alive
1990 · Movie
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Series
The Fly II
1989 · Movie
Stephen King's World of Horror
1989 · Movie
The Blob
1988 · Movie
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987 · Movie
Stephen King's World of Horror
1986 · Movie
Trancers
1984 · Movie
Crimes of Passion
1984 · Movie
The Woman in the Room
1983 · Movie
The Seduction
1982 · Movie
Hell Night
1981 · Movie