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Frank Darabont

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Frank Darabont

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American film director, screenwriter and producer

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Frank Darabont is an American screenwriter, film producer, director, and writer who began his professional career in 1981. Born on January 28, 1959, in Montbéliard, France, he holds United States citizenship and works in the United States. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America West and attended Hollywood High School. His notable works include *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994), *The Green Mile*, and *Reading Stephen King*.

Darabont has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, and the Academy Award for Best Picture. He speaks English and is listed as an author with 14 works, including *Walpuski's typewriter* and *The Making of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"*.

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Person · Open Library

Works
14

Top works

  • Reading Stephen King
  • Walpuski's typewriter
  • The green mile
  • The Making of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"
  • The shawshank redemption (1994)

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Film & TV

Directing · Montbéliard, Doubs, France

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,…

Known for

  • The Thing Expanded — Self2026
  • One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 — Self - Guest Director Chapter 3 And 52026
  • King on Screen — Self2023
  • Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead — Self2018
  • Walking the Mile — Self2014
  • The Director's Chair — Self2014
  • Drew: The Man Behind the Poster — Self2013
  • Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger — Self2012
  • Nightmare Factory — Self2011
  • Clint Eastwood's West — Self2011

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1915-12-12
Active to
1998-05-14
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Discography

Official siteDiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
593
Total plays
1,343

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Frank+Darabont">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools

    · 2012 · cited 29,177x

  2. Intermolecular interactions from a natural bond orbital, donor-acceptor viewpoint

    · 1988 · cited 16,698x

  3. Accurate normalization of real-time quantitative RT-PCR data by geometric averaging of multiple internal control genes

    · 2002 · cited 16,049x

  4. The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis

    · 1988 · cited 15,808x

  5. NMRPipe: A multidimensional spectral processing system based on UNIX pipes

    · 1995 · cited 13,863x

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Key facts

Born
Ferenc Árpád Darabont , ( 1959-01-28 ) January 28, 1959 (age 67) , Montbéliard , France
Other names
Frank A. Darabont, Ardeth Bey
Citizenship
United States
Education
Hollywood High School
Occupations
Screenwriter director producer
Years active
1981–present
Spouse
Sara Rae Darabont

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Encyclopedic overview

Frank Árpád Darabont (born Ferenc Árpád Darabont, January 28, 1959) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In his early career, he was primarily a screenwriter for such horror films as A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), The Blob (1988), and The Fly II (1989). As a director, he is known for his film adaptations of Stephen King novellas and novels, such as The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Green Mile (1999), and The Mist (2007).

Darabont also developed and executive-produced the first season and first half of the second season of the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead (2010–2011). He directed two episodes of the fifth and final season of the Netflix science fiction horror drama series Stranger Things (2025).

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