Frank Darabont

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Frank Darabont

Born January 28, 1959 · Montbéliard, Doubs, France (age 67)

Frank Árpád Darabont (born Ferenc Árpád Darabont, January 28, 1959) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer, who has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe. He was born in France to Hungarian parents who fled Budapest during the 1956 uprising, but the family moved to Los Angeles while he was still an infant. He has directed the films The Shawshank Redemption, The G…

Known For

The Shawshank RedemptionThe Shawshank Redemption · 1994
The Shawshank Redemption
8.71994
MovieDramaCrime
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
The Green MileThe Green Mile · 1999
The Green Mile
8.51999
MovieFantasyDrama
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
King KongKing Kong · 2005
King Kong
6.92005
MovieAdventureDrama
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
The MistThe Mist · 2007
The Mist
7.02007
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.
CollateralCollateral · 2004
Collateral
7.22004
MovieDramaCrime
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
The BlobThe Blob · 1988
The Blob
6.91988
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.
Mary Shelley's FrankensteinMary Shelley's Frankenstein · 1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
6.41994
MovieDramaHorror
Victor Frankenstein is a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His experiments lead to the creation of a monster, which Frankenstein has put together with the remains of corpses. It's not long before Frankenstein regrets his actions.
VampiresVampires · 1998
Vampires
6.31998
MovieActionFantasy
The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.

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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret ServiceThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service · 1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
5.21999
MovieActionAdventure
Indy finds that he must enlist the help of Hapsburg royalty when he embarks on a dangerous diplomatic mission through enemy-held Europe into the palace of Emperor Karl of Austria. Endangering his life and the lives of his royal charges, Indy gambles all in a desperate attempt to bring the war more quickly to an end. Then, in chaos-ridden Russia, Indy finds his espionage work once again threatening lives when he infiltrates a group of young Bolsheviks and begins to empathize with their plight. As the country lurches toward revolution, Indy finds himself torn between loyalty to his friends and his military duty.

Screenplay

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of DoomThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom · 1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
6.11999
MovieActionAdventure
Indy is ordered to locate and destroy a powerful German artillery gun that is mysteriously able to appear and disappear at will, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Assisting him is a colorful group of soldiers nicknamed "The Old and the Bold" because of their old age and reckless courage. Their mission takes them on a dangerous journey across the German-held veldt via wagon train and hot-air balloon. Overcoming all manner of obstacles presented by the enemy, his own side and the harsh African terrain, Indy relentlessly follows the trail of the mega-gun right into the bowels of a secret mountain hideout, where he plans an explosive end for the phantom train of doom.

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