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Birth Name: Frank Arpad Darabont

Age: 66, born 28 January 1959

Country of origin: France

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 6' 0"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Karyn Wagner

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Listal's 100 Films To See Before You Die (2015) (110 items)
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Published 10 years, 5 months ago

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Directors:The Filmography of... (207 items)
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Listal's 100 Films To See Before You Die (2014) (110 items)
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Published 11 years, 5 months ago

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Listal's 100 Films To See Before You Die (2016) (110 items)
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Description: Three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbeliard, France, the son of Hungarian parents who had fled Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution. Brought to America as an infant, he settled with his family in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High School. His first job in movies was as a production assistant on the 1981 low-budget film, Noche infernal (1981), starring Linda Blair. He spent the next six years working in the art department as a set dresser and in set construction while struggling to establish himself as a writer. His first produced writing credit (shared) was on th Three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbeliard, France, the son of Hungarian parents who had fled Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution. Brought to America as an infant, he settled with his family in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High School. His first job in movies was as a production assistant on the 1981 low-budget film, Noche infernal (1981), starring Linda Blair. He spent the next six years working in the art department as a set dresser and in set construction while struggling to establish himself as a writer. His first produced writing credit (shared) was on the 1987 film, Pesadilla en Elm Street 3 (1987), directed by Chuck Russell. Darabont is one of only six filmmakers in history with the unique distinction of having his first two feature films receive nominations for the Best Picture Academy Award: 1994's The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (with a total of seven nominations) and 1999's La milla verde (1999) (four nominations). Darabont himself collected Oscar nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for each film (both based on works by Stephen King), as well as nominations for both films from the Director's Guild of America, and a nomination from the Writers Guild of America for Cadena perpetua (1994). He won the Humanitas Prize, the PEN Center USA West Award, and the Scriptor Award for his screenplay of "The Shawshank Redemption". For "The Green Mile", he won the Broadcast Film Critics prize for his screenplay adaptation, and two People's Choice Awards in the Best Dramatic Film and Best Picture categories. His most recent feature as director, The Majestic (2001), starring Jim Carrey, was released in December 2001. His next film as director will be an adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic science fiction novel, Fahrenheit 451 (2007), which Darabont is currently writing for Castle Rock and Icon Productions. He is currently executive-producing the thriller, Collateral (2004), for DreamWorks, with Michael Mann directing and Tom Cruise starring. Future produced-by projects include "Way of the Rat" at DreamWorks with Chuck Russell adapting and directing the CrossGen comic book series and "Back Roads", a Tawni O'Dell novel, also at DreamWorks, with Todd Field attached to direct. Darabont and his production company, "Darkwoods Productions", have an overall deal with Paramount Pictures. ... (more)

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1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

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8.6

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2. The Green Mile (1999)

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3. The Mist (2007)

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6.7

1904 Watched

4. Godzilla (2014)

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6.2

972 Watched

5. Frankenstein (1994)

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6.3

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1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

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2. The Green Mile (1999)

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3. The Mist (2007)

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6.7

1904 Watched

4. The Majestic

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6.8

519 Watched

5. Raines

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7.3

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1. King Kong (2005)

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2. Vampires

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3. Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)

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7.5

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4. Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007)

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8.1

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5. Tales from the Script (2009)

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1. The Walking Dead (2010)

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2. Tales from the Crypt (1989)

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3. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)

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4. Mob City

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5. Black Cat Run (1998)

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2. The Shield (2002)

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3. Raines (2007- )

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4. Mob City

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5. Mob City

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1. Entourage (2004)

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2. The Shining (1997)

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3. Last Call with Carson Daly (2002)

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4. Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2007)

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5. Charlie Rose

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"Hungarian Major Works: The Shawshank Redemption (1994) The Green Mile (1999) The Mist (2007) • Director, Writer, Producer. •"

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Oscars 1995 Winners (My Version) (23 movies items)

"Best Director! Winner: Frank Darabont, The Shawshank Redemption! Nominees: Tim Burton - Ed Wood Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction Robert Redford - Quiz Show"

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Listal's 100 Films To See Before You Die (2016) (110 movies items)

"POINTS : 169 pts - The Shawshank Redemption : 125 pts - The Green Mile : 44 pts"


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