Frank Darabont

Writer/director Frank Darabont in Warner Brothers' The Shawshank Redemption - 1994

Biography

Born 01/28/1959

A screenwriter-turned-director, Frank Darabont initially entered the film industry as production assistant and set dresser before he got a break when he sold an original screenplay (eventually produced in 1997 and aired on HBO) to producer Jere Henshaw and Apollo Pictures. The son of Hungarian...
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Awards

  • In 2001, received People's Choice Award for Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture
  • In 2001, received People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture
  • In 1999, received Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Highlights

  • In 2007, Adapted and directed "The Mist," a horror film based on the 1980 novella by Stephen King
  • In 2005, Published the novella "Walpuski's Typewriter"; originally written in his early twenties, it first appeared in Jessie Horsting's magazine Midnight Graffiti
  • In 2001, Returned to filmmaking at the helm of "The Majestic," starring Jim Carrey; also co-wrote screenplay

Family & Companions

  • Julie Richardson: engaged
  • parents: Fled Hungary after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution

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