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Frank Darabont

Highest Rated: 89% The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Lowest Rated: 33% The Fly II (1989)

Birthday: Jan 28, 1959

Birthplace: Montbéliard, Doubs, France

A lifelong horror fan who possessed great love for the genre and the works of Stephen King in particular, Frank Darabont's career as a writer and director yielded three Oscar nominations and worldwide acclaim for "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994), "The Green Mile" (1999) and "The Mist" (2007). He began his filmmaking career after asking King's permission to shoot a short film based on one of his stories; the project led to scripting for several minor horror films and TV series before the bittersweet drama of "Shawshank" brought him to international attention. Darabont found the heart and the literacy at the center of King's works - something few other directors had achieved - and continued to mine success from the author's library with "The Green Mile" and the darker "Mist." In doing so, Darabont brought integrity artistic quality to a genre that had sorely lacked such laudable elements for decades.

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Highest rated movies

89% 98% The Shawshank Redemption
Watchlist 86% 84% Collateral Watchlist
79% 94% The Green Mile
Watchlist 73% 65% The Mist Watchlist 68% 59% The Blob Watchlist 65% 64% King on Screen Watchlist
63% 82% The Salton Sea
Watchlist
44% 71% Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Watchlist 42% 49% Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Watchlist
42% 60% The Majestic
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Frank Darabont

Frank Darabont DREW: THE MAN BEHIND THE POSTER, Frank Darabont, 2012. ©Kino TALES FROM THE SCRIPT, screenwriter Frank Darabont, 2009. ©First Run Features TALES FROM THE SCRIPT, screenwriter Frank Darabont, 2009. ©First Run Features THE GREEN MILE, Tom Hanks, Harry Dean Stanton and Barry Pepper with director Frank Darabont on-set, 1999 THE MAJESTIC, Director Frank Darabont, Jim Carrey, on set, 2001, (c)Warner Bros. THE GREEN MILE, Director Frank Darabont, Tom Hanks on-set, 1999. (c) Warner Brothers THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, director Frank Darabont, on set, 1994. (c)Columbia Pictures THE MIST, director Frank Darabont, on set, 2007. ©Weinstein Company THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, producer Niki Marvin, director Frank Darabont on set, 1994, (c) Columbia View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
65% 64% King on Screen Self - 2022
44% 71% Drew: The Man Behind the Poster Unknown (Character) $3.1K 2013
73% 65% The Mist Director,
Writer,
Producer 		$25.6M 2007
86% 84% Collateral Executive Producer,
Screenwriter 		$100.0M 2004
63% 82% The Salton Sea Producer $676.7K 2002
42% 60% The Majestic Director,
Producer 		$27.8M 2001
79% 94% The Green Mile Director,
Writer,
Producer 		$136.8M 1999
No Score Yet 69% Young Indiana Jones and the Daredevils of the Desert Writer - 1999
42% 49% Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Screenwriter $22.0M 1994
89% 98% The Shawshank Redemption Director,
Screenwriter 		$27.3M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nightshift Collection Director - 1994
No Score Yet 51% Buried Alive Director - 1990
33% 24% The Fly II Screenwriter $19.6M 1989
68% 59% The Blob Screenwriter $7.8M 1988

TV

Credit
79% 78% The Walking Dead Director,
Writer,
Executive Producer 		2010-2022 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Walking Dead: Best of Rick Executive Producer,
Director,
Writer 		2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Walking Dead: Best of Michonne Executive Producer 2024
66% 80% Mob City Executive Producer,
Director,
Writer 		2013
65% 82% Entourage Frank Darabont (Guest Star) 2008-2009
78% 85% The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Writer 1992-1993