Frank Darabont

Frank Darabont

1959-01-28 Montbéliard, Doubs, France 57 Credits

Biography

Frank Darabont (born January 28, 1959) is a Hungarian-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 ...

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King on Screen

King on Screen

2023

as Self

6.9
Acting

1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror's books, in more than...

Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead

Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead

2018

as Self

Acting

In this brand new featurette, directors Guillermo del Toro (The Devil's Backbone), Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk Till Dawn), and Frank Darabont (The Sha...

Walking the Mile

Walking the Mile

2014

as Self

5.0
Acting

Full-length documentary about the making of Frank Darabont's drama, The Green Mile, based on Stephen King's novel.

Walking the Mile

Walking the Mile

2014

Executive Producer

5.0
Producing

Full-length documentary about the making of Frank Darabont's drama, The Green Mile, based on Stephen King's novel.

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

2013

as Self

7.0
Acting

A documentary on legendary movie-poster artist Drew Struzan.

Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger

Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger

2012

as Self

5.5
Acting

Retrospective on The Nightmare On Elm Street Series.

Nightmare Factory

Nightmare Factory

2011

as Self

7.3
Acting

The story of how one Pittsburgh boy’s fascination with monsters drove him to the very top of the Hollywood food chain. In 1989, Greg Nicotero, much to...

Clint Eastwood's West

2011

as Self

6.0
Acting

An entertaining look at Clint Eastwood's storied career as a Western icon and filmmaker, featuring interviews with Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Kev...

The United Monster Talent Agency

The United Monster Talent Agency

2010

as Director #1

9.1
Acting

A short comedy spoof about Universal Monsters and their everyday unconventional work done at their very own talent agency for their movies.

The Making of The Walking Dead

The Making of The Walking Dead

2010

as Self

8.0
Acting

The Making of the TV Series The Walking Dead.

Tales from the Script

Tales from the Script

2009

as Self

6.5
Acting

Shane Black ("Lethal Weapon"), John Carpenter ("Halloween"), Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption"), William Goldman ("The Princess Bride"), Paul...

RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”

RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”

2008

as Self

Acting

The astonishing story of the genesis, production, worldwide success, and legacy of King Kong (1933), directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoed...

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

2008

as Self

7.0
Acting

This documentary delves into the art of make-up effects with industry legends Dick Smith, Rob Bottin, Tom Savini, John Landis, Frank Darabont, Joe Dan...

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

2008

as Self

8.2
Acting

Behind the scenes documentary on the making of the film.

Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist

Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist

2008

as Self

4.8
Acting

This is a short featurette that features famed poster artist Struzan, made legendary for his beautiful Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Stephen King adap...

The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The Mist

2008

as Self

7.0
Acting

This 16-minute featurette focuses on CafeFX, the team behind the CG work in The Mist (as well as Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth). They discuss a wide arra...

Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'

Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'

2008

as Self

7.2
Acting

Whenever a solid "brain trust" around creature assembly exists, then the process behind crafting these monsters must've been interesting. This 13-minu...

The Mist: Taming the Beast - The Making of Scene 35

2008

as Himself

7.0
Acting

Scene 35 can best be described as the point in which the muck hits the fan. It's a scene with unbridled chaos involving CG effects, creature models, s...

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

2008

Thanks

8.2

Behind the scenes documentary on the making of the film.

Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'

Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'

2008

Thanks

7.2

Whenever a solid "brain trust" around creature assembly exists, then the process behind crafting these monsters must've been interesting. This 13-minu...

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

2007

as Self

7.9
Acting

The definitive 3½-hour documentary about the troubled creation and enduring legacy of the science fiction classic 'Blade Runner', culled from 80 inter...

The Mist

The Mist

2007

Producer, Screenplay, Director

6.9
Producing Writing Directing

After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store wi...

Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

2006

as Self

5.7
Acting

Following the immense success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson directs King Kong (2005). This documentary follows him, and the immense ...

King Kong

King Kong

2005

as Biplane gunner (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter K...

Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

2004

as Self

6.5
Acting

A group of filmmakers talk about their appreciation for "GoodFellas" (1990) and how it has influenced their work. Jon Favreau, Allan and Albert Hughes...

Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'

2004

as Self

6.8
Acting

The Making of feature for the George Lucas movie 'THX 1138'.

Collateral

Collateral

2004

Executive Producer

7.2
Producing

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes

Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes

2003

as Himself

6.0
Acting

A documentary on the Looney Tunes. Including interviews from people who worked on it, and their family.

The Salton Sea

The Salton Sea

2002

Producer

6.6
Producing

After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriend...

The Majestic

The Majestic

2001

Director, Producer

6.8
Directing Producing

Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a lon...

Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature

Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature

2001

as Self

8.3
Acting

Film critic and presenter Mark Kermode explores the fascination and praise audiences, fans and critics have behind the classic The Shawshank Redemptio...

Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

2000

as Self - Writer / Director

7.0
Acting

Frank Darabont explains how this new project was introduced thru a phone call from Stephen King as "another prison tale" if he was interested to make ...

Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

2000

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

Frank Darabont explains how this new project was introduced thru a phone call from Stephen King as "another prison tale" if he was interested to make ...

The Green Mile

The Green Mile

1999

Screenplay, Producer, Director

8.5
Writing Producing Directing

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. Wh...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life

1999

Screenplay

5.9
Writing

On a vital military mission for the Allies, Indy comes across a disease-ravaged African village and is able to rescue one small child from certain dea...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service

1999

Screenplay

4.8
Writing

Indy finds that he must enlist the help of Hapsburg royalty when he embarks on a dangerous diplomatic mission through enemy-held Europe into the palac...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

1999

Writer

5.2
Writing

Receiving orders to assist the British in an attack on the ancient Middle Eastern desert town of Beersheba, Indy goes undercover with a beautiful lady...

Stephen King: Shining in the Dark

Stephen King: Shining in the Dark

1999

as Self

6.3
Acting

A documentary looking at the life and work of Stephen King.

Vampires

Vampires

1998

as Man with Buick

6.3
Acting

The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist...

Black Cat Run

Black Cat Run

1998

Writer, Executive Producer

5.4
Writing Producing

A girl is in love with a gas station attendant and sees him against her father's wishes. The father is the sheriff and shortly after a confrontation w...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father

1996

Writer

6.2
Writing

While visiting Russia on his father’s lecture tour, Indy runs off on his own and meets Leo Tolstoy. Later, on a trip to Athens, Indy and his father ar...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

1994

Writer

6.4
Writing

Victor Frankenstein is a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead ...

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994

Screenplay, Director

8.7
Writing Directing

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, wh...

Nightshift Collection

Nightshift Collection

1994

Director

7.5
Directing

Stephen King's "dollar baby" double bill consisting of Frank Darabont's The Woman in the Room (1984) and Jeff Schiro's The Boogeyman (1982).

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom

1993

Screenplay

5.9
Writing

Indy is ordered to locate and destroy a powerful German artillery gun that is mysteriously able to appear and disappear at will, leaving death and des...

Two-Fisted Tales

Two-Fisted Tales

1992

Writer

5.0
Writing

The foul-mouthed, wheelchair-bound Mr. Rush introduces three adventure tales inspired by the EC Comics of the 1950s: "Showdown," "King of the Road," a...

Buried Alive

Buried Alive

1990

Director

6.7
Directing

A married woman and her lover plot to kill her husband to make off with the insurance money. However, their attempt to murder him using poisonous fish...

The Fly II

The Fly II

1989

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

Martin Brundle, born of the human/fly, is adopted by his father's place of employment (Bartok Inc.) while the employees simply wait for his mutant chr...

Stephen King's World of Horror

Stephen King's World of Horror

1989

as Self

8.0
Acting

This horror documentary is not the same as the 1986 TV special Stephen King's World of Horror nor the 1988 VHS release of the same name, which runs 45...

The Blob

The Blob

1988

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touch...

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

1987

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

During a hallucinatory incident, Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for...

Stephen King's World of Horror

Stephen King's World of Horror

1986

as Self

5.9
Acting

A documentary about the works of novelist Stephen King and his influence on popular culture and his impact on horror film and novels. Includes celebri...

Trancers

Trancers

1984

Art Department Assistant

5.9

Angel City trooper Jack Deth is sent back in time from 2247 to 1985 L.A. to inhabit the body of his ancestor. Deth's assignment is to find his archene...

Crimes of Passion

Crimes of Passion

1984

Set Dresser

6.3

Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated pri...

The Woman in the Room

The Woman in the Room

1983

Director, Screenplay, Editor

5.4
Directing Writing

The main character, an attorney by profession, spends endless hours with his terminally ill mother. Death is her only way out and he's the only one th...

The Seduction

The Seduction

1982

Transportation Captain

5.3

A beautiful newscaster is stalked and tormented by a photographer obsessed with her beauty.

Hell Night

Hell Night

1981

Production Assistant

5.5

As an initiation rite into Alpha Sigma Rho fraternity, four pledges must spend a night in Garth Manor, twelve years to the day after the previous resi...