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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
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44% 71% Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Watchlist 42% 49% Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Watchlist
42% 61% 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

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King on Screen 65% 64% 2022 Self Drew: The Man Behind the Poster 44% 71% 2013 Actor The Mist 73% 65% 2007 Director, Writer, Producer Collateral 86% 84% 2004 Executive Producer, Screenwriter The Salton Sea 63% 82% 2002 Producer The Majestic 42% 61% 2001 Director, Producer The Green Mile 79% 94% 1999 Director, Writer, Producer Young Indiana Jones and the Daredevils of the Desert 69% 1999 Writer Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 42% 49% 1994 Screenwriter The Shawshank Redemption 89% 98% 1994 Director, Screenwriter Nightshift Collection 1994 Director Buried Alive 51% 1990 Director The Fly II 33% 24% 1989 Screenwriter The Blob 68% 59% 1988 Screenwriter
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