Frank Darabont
Frank Darabont | |
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Darabont at the 2011 PaleyFest | |
| Born | Ferenc Árpád Darabont January 28, 1959 Montbéliard, France |
| Other names | Frank A. Darabont Ardeth Bey |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Education | Hollywood High School |
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| Years active | 1981–present |
| Spouse | Sara Rae Darabont |
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 is set to direct two episodes of the fifth and final season of the Netflix science fiction horror drama series Stranger Things.