Frank Darabont
Directing • Born 1959-01-28
Biography
Frank Darabont (born January 28, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer who has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe. He was born in France by 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
36 credits
Tales from the Script
Movie • 2009
Self
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Movie • 2007
Self
King on Screen
Movie • 2023
Self
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
Movie • 2006
Self
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Movie • 1999
Self
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Movie • 2013
Self
The United Monster Talent Agency
Movie • 2010
Director #1
Nightmare Factory
Movie • 2011
Self
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Movie • 2004
Self
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
Movie • 2018
Self
Walking the Mile
Movie • 2014
Self
Vampires
Movie • 1998
Man with Buick
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
Movie • 2004
Self
Stephen King's World of Horror
Movie • 1989
Self
Stephen King's World of Horror
Movie • 1986
Self
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
Movie • 2008
Self
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
Movie • 2012
Self
Clint Eastwood's West
Movie • 2011
Self
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
Movie • 2008
Self
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
Movie • 2008
Self
The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The Mist
Movie • 2008
Self
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Movie • 2000
Self - Writer / Director
Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'
Movie • 2008
Self
The Mist: Taming the Beast - The Making of Scene 35
Movie • 2008
Himself
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
Movie • 2003
Himself
The Making of The Walking Dead
Movie • 2010
Self
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
Movie • 2001
Self
King Kong
Movie • 2005
Biplane Gunner (uncredited)
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
Movie • 2008
Self
The Thing Expanded
Movie • 2026
Self
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Movie • 2005
Self
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
Movie • 2026
Self - Guest Director Chapter 3 And 5
Entourage
TV • 2004
Frank Darabont
The Director's Chair
TV • 2014
Self
The Walking Dead
TV • 2010
(uncredited)
The Shining
TV • 1997
Living Room Ghost