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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in... more
Trivia:
Good friends with Stephen King. more
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another
9 wins
&
12 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(195 articles)
‘The Orphanage’ Remake Loses Its Director
(From Screen Rant. 20 November 2009, 2:22 PM, PST)
Spielberg Joins King 'Under the Dome'
(From FEARnet. 20 November 2009, 10:40 AM, PST)
(From Screen Rant. 20 November 2009, 2:22 PM, PST)
Spielberg Joins King 'Under the Dome'
(From FEARnet. 20 November 2009, 10:40 AM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Frank A. Darabont
US TV Schedule:
Filmography
Jump to filmography as: In Development, Writer, Producer, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Actor, Art Department, Transportation Department, Thanks, Self
In Development: 
- Fahrenheit 451 (details only on IMDbPro)
- Rescue Me, He's Wearing a Moose Hat: And 40 Other Dates Over 50 (details only on IMDbPro)
- Tokyo Rose (details only on IMDbPro)
- The Illustrated Man (details only on IMDbPro)
- Foreign Babes in Beijing (details only on IMDbPro)
Writer:
- The Mist (2007) (screenplay)
... aka Stephen King's The Mist (USA: complete title) - The Green Mile (1999) (screenplay)
... aka Stephen King's The Green Mile (USA: complete title) - The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert (1999) (V) (writer)
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life (1999) (V) (writer)
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom (1999) (V) (writer)
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999) (V) (writer) (Austrian segment)
- Black Cat Run (1998) (TV) (story) (teleplay)
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father (1996) (TV) (writer)
- Frankenstein (1994) (screenplay)
... aka Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (USA: complete title) - The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (screenplay)
- "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (5 episodes, 1992-1993)
- Palestine, October 1917 (1993) TV episode (writer)
- Young Indiana Jones and the Phantom Train of Doom (1993) TV episode (writer)
- Austria, March 1917 (1992) TV episode (writer)
- Congo, January 1917 (1992) TV episode (writer)
- German East Africa, December 1916 (1992) TV episode (writer) - "Tales from the Crypt" (2 episodes, 1990-1992)
... aka HBO's Tales from the Crypt
- Showdown (1992) TV episode (teleplay)
- The Ventriloquist's Dummy (1990) TV episode (teleplay) - Two-Fisted Tales (1992) (TV) (segment "Showdown")
- The Fly II (1989) (screenplay)
... aka The Fly 2 (USA: DVD box title) - The Blob (1988) (screenplay)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) (screenplay)
... aka A Nightmare on Elm Street Part III (USA: closing credits title) - The Woman in the Room (1983) (writer)
... aka Stephen King's Night Shift Collection (USA: video box title)
... aka Stephen King's Nightshift Collection Volume One: The Woman in the Room (USA: video box title)
Producer:
- Runt of the Litter (2009) (in production) (producer)
- "The Walking Dead" (2010) TV series (announced) (producer)
- The Mist (2007) (producer)
... aka Stephen King's The Mist (USA: complete title) - "Raines" (executive producer) (1 episode, 2007)
- Pilot (2007) TV episode (executive producer) - Collateral (2004) (executive producer)
- The Salton Sea (2002) (producer)
- The Majestic (2001) (producer)
- Walking the Mile (2000) (V) (executive producer)
... aka Walking the Mile: The Making of 'The Green Mile' (USA: alternative title) - The Green Mile (1999) (producer)
... aka Stephen King's The Green Mile (USA: complete title) - Black Cat Run (1998) (TV) (executive producer)
Director:
- The Mist (2007)
... aka Stephen King's The Mist (USA: complete title) - "The Shield" (1 episode, 2007)
- Chasing Ghosts (2007) TV episode - "Raines" (1 episode, 2007)
- Pilot (2007) TV episode - The Majestic (2001)
- The Green Mile (1999)
... aka Stephen King's The Green Mile (USA: complete title) - The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- Buried Alive (1990) (TV)
- The Woman in the Room (1983)
... aka Stephen King's Night Shift Collection (USA: video box title)
... aka Stephen King's Nightshift Collection Volume One: The Woman in the Room (USA: video box title)
Miscellaneous Crew:
- When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' (2008) (V) (archival materials & photos provided by)
- Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'The Green Mile' (2006) (V) (materials)
- Hell Night (1981) (production assistant)
Actor:
- King Kong (2005) .... Gunner
... aka King Kong (Germany)
... aka Kong: The Eighth Wonder of the World (International: English title: teaser title)
... aka Peter Jackson's King Kong (USA: promotional title) - Vampires (1998) .... Man with Buick
... aka John Carpenter's Vampires (USA: complete title)
... aka Vampire$ (USA) - "The Shining" (1997) TV mini-series (unknown episodes)
... aka Stephen King's The Shining (USA: complete title)
Art Department:
- Trancers (1985) (art department assistant)
... aka Future Cop (Philippines: English title)
... aka Trancers I (Australia: DVD box title) - Crimes of Passion (1984) (set dresser)
... aka Ken Russell's Crimes of Passion (Australia)
Transportation Department:
- The Seduction (1982) (transportation captain) (as Frank A. Darabont)
Thanks:
- Warner at War (2008) (TV) (special thanks)
- The Horror of It All: The Visual FX of 'The Mist' (2008) (V) (special thanks)
- The Mist: Taming the Beast - The Making of Scene 35 (2008) (V) (special thanks)
- Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of an Artist (2008) (V) (special thanks)
- Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist' (2008) (V) (special thanks)
- When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' (2008) (V) (special thanks)
- Promoting Dystopia: Rendering the Poster Art (2007) (V) (special thanks)
- "Star Trek: New Voyages" (special thanks) (1 episode, 2007)
... aka Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II (USA: new title)
- World Enough and Time (2007) TV episode (special thanks) - Horrors of War (2006) (thanks)
- La femme dans la chambre (2005) (special thanks)
... aka The Woman in the Room (International: English title: informal title) - Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy (2004) (V) (special thanks)
- An American Rhapsody (2001) (the producers and director wish to thank)
... aka Amerikai rapszódia (Hungary) - The Mask (1994) (special thanks)
Self:
- The Man Behind the Poster: The Art of Drew Struzan (2010) (filming) .... Himself
- Bob Burns' Hollywood Halloween (2009) (V) .... Himself
- "Entourage" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
- Security Briefs (2009) TV episode .... Himself
- First Class Jerk (2008) TV episode .... Himself - Tales from the Script (2009) .... Himself
- Starz Inside: Fantastic Flesh (2008) (TV) .... Himself
- The Horror of It All: The Visual FX of 'The Mist' (2008) (V) .... Himself
- The Mist: Taming the Beast - The Making of Scene 35 (2008) (V) .... Himself
- Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of an Artist (2008) (V) .... Himself
- Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist' (2008) (V) .... Himself
- When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' (2008) (V) .... Himself
- Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers (2007) (V) .... Himself
- Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard (2007) (V) .... Himself
- Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007) (V) .... Himself
... aka Dangerous Days (USA: short title) - "Up Close with Carrie Keagan" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
- Episode dated 15 November 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' (2006) (V) .... Himself
- Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'The Green Mile' (2006) (V) .... Himself
- 100 Porsches and Me (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- The Sci-Fi Boys (2006) .... Himself
- RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World' (2005) (V) .... Himself
- "Dinner for Five" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode #4.11 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection (2005) (V)
- Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy (2004) (V) .... Himself - Director
- Behind the Tunes: Man from Wackyland - The Art of Bob Clampett (2004) (V) .... Himself
- Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at 'The Shawshank Redemption' (2004) (V) .... Himself
- Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' (2004) (V) .... Himself
- Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003) (V) .... Himself
- "HBO First Look" .... Himself (1 episode, 2001)
- The Majestic (2001) TV episode .... Himself - Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature (2001) (TV) .... Himself
- Walking the Mile (2000) (V) .... Himself - Writer/Director
... aka Walking the Mile: The Making of 'The Green Mile' (USA: alternative title) - The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000) (TV) .... Himself - Nominee: Best Picture & Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
- The Miracle of 'The Green Mile' (1999) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Directors" .... Himself (1 episode)
- The Films of Frank Darabont (????) TV episode .... Himself - Stephen King: Shining in the Dark (1999) (TV) .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
Interviewed in "Directors Close Up: Interviews with Directors Nominated for Best Film by the Directors Guild of America", ed. by Jeremy Kagan, Scarecrow Press, 2006.
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Publicity Listings:
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