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Frank Darabont

Frank Darabont

Director · b. 1959 · 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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    King Kong

    2005 · 8.7K votes

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    Vampires

    1998 · 1.4K votes

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    Nightmare Factory

    2011 · 24 votes

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    King on Screen

    2023 · 16 votes

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    Tales from the Script

    2009 · 43 votes

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    The Thing Expanded

    2026 · 5 votes

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    Walking the Mile

    2014 · 1 votes

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    Clint Eastwood's West

    2011 · 1 votes

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    The Walking Dead

    2010 · 18K votes

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    Entourage

    2004 · 672 votes

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    The Shining

    1997 · 356 votes

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    The Director's Chair

    2014 · 5 votes