The native form of this personal name is Darabont Ferenc Árpád. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Frank Darabont
Darabont at the 2011 PaleyFest
Born
Ferenc Árpád Darabont
(1959-01-28) January 28, 1959 (age 65)
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[1]
Frank Árpád Darabont (born Ferenc Árpád Darabont, January 28, 1959)[2] 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 series The Walking Dead (2010–2011).
^"'The Shawshank Redemption' Turns 25: Frank Darabont Reflects on the Journey from Box Office Bomb to Oscar Nominee". The Hollywood Reporter. September 18, 2019.
^"Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 22-28". The Associated Press. January 17, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
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screenplays. During the production of the film Hell Night, he met writer FrankDarabont, with whom he would become a close collaborator. His first produced...
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CITIZENSHIP WITH DARABONT". CHUD. Archived from the original on November 12, 2008. Retrieved October 9, 2008. "Shawshank's FrankDarabont Quit Law Abiding...
Screenplays "Interview: FrankDarabont". Lilja's Library – The World of Stephen King. 2007-02-06. Retrieved 2018-06-27. FrankDarabont Interview Archived 2011-05-11...
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