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{{short description|American filmmaker}}
{{Hungarian name|Darabont Ferenc Árpád}}
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| image = Frank Darabont at the PaleyFest 2011 - The Walking Dead panel.jpg
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| education = [[Hollywood High School]]
| othername = Frank A. Darabont<br />Ardeth Bey
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| yearsactive = 1981–present
| spouse = Sara Rae Darabont<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/shawshank-redemption-turns-25-frank-darabont-films-legacy-1236843/|title = 'The Shawshank Redemption' Turns 25: Frank Darabont Reflects on the Journey from Box Office Bomb to Oscar Nominee|website = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date = September 18, 2019}}</ref>
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'''Frank Árpád Darabont''' (born '''Ferenc Árpád Darabont''', January 28, 1959)<ref>{{cite web|title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 22-28|website=The Associated Press|date=January 17, 2023|accessdate=January 27, 2023|url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-country-music-tv-celebrity-birthdays-teddy-gentry-07ff63620f848616f7521abdbd6706da}}</ref> is
Darabont also developed and executive-produced the [[The Walking Dead (season 1)|first season]] and first half of the [[The Walking Dead (season 2)|second season]] of the [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] horror drama series ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'' (2010–2011).
== Early life ==
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Darabont made good on the deal with Stephen King by writing and directing the film adaptation of ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]''. [[Rob Reiner]], who had previously adapted another King novella, ''[[The Body (novella)|The Body]]'', into the movie ''[[Stand by Me (film)|Stand by Me]],'' offered Darabont $2.5 million in an attempt to write and direct ''Shawshank''. He planned to cast [[Tom Cruise]] in the part of Andy and [[Harrison Ford]] as Red. Darabont seriously considered and liked Reiner's vision, but he ultimately decided it was his "chance to do something really great" by directing the film himself.<ref>Audio commentary with director and writer Frank Darabont</ref>
Although the film did not fare well at the box office, it was met with acclaim by audiences and critics. The film was nominated for seven [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)|Best Adapted Screenplay]] for Darabont. The film attracted additional viewers after its Academy Award nominations, and became the most rented film of 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/09/shawshank-redemption-anniversary-story|title=The Little-Known Story of How The Shawshank Redemption Became One of the Most Beloved Films of All Time|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=September 22, 2014}}</ref> Today it is considered by many to be one of the [[List of films considered the best|greatest films ever made]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=
=== ''The Green Mile'' (1999) ===
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=== ''Mob City'' (2013) ===
{{Main|Mob City}}
Not too long after leaving ''The Walking Dead'', Darabont struck a deal with [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] to develop a pilot for a new series to air on their channel, titled ''L.A. Noir'', based on a book by author John Buntin.<ref name="L.A. Noir">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/frank-darabont-la-noir-tnt-yman-146591/ |title=Frank Darabont Returns To Television With 'L.A. Noir' On TNT |work=ScreenRant|first=Frank|last=Yeoman|date=January 9, 2012|access-date=November 24, 2019}}</ref> Darabont discovered the book at [[Los Angeles International Airport|LAX Airport]] and, after two days straight of reading it, decided to adapt it for television.<ref name="Mob City Variety">{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/frank-darabont-looks-ahead-to-mob-city-after-tense-walking-dead-departure-1200889252/ |title=Frank Darabont Looks Ahead to 'Mob City' After Tense 'Walking Dead' Departure |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Darabont was very passionate about the project as he had always wanted to produce a [[film noir]].<ref name="L.A. Noir" />
Darabont cast [[Jon Bernthal]], whom he had worked with on ''The Walking Dead'', in the lead role for the series.<ref name="insidetv">{{cite magazine|last=Hibberd |first=James |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/10/17/frank-darabont-la-noir/|title=Frank Darabont TNT drama picked up, reunites 'Walking Dead' actors|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=October 17, 2012|access-date=November 24, 2019}}</ref> Other Darabont regulars cast included [[Jeffrey DeMunn]] and [[Alexa Davalos]].<ref name="insidetv" /> The series was given a full season order of six episodes in the fall of 2012 and the title of the series was changed to ''[[Mob City]]''.<ref name="Mob City Variety" /><ref name="insidetv" /> The series premiered in December 2013 and was met with mixed to positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/mob-city|title=Mob City: Season 1|work=Metacritic.com}}</ref> The series was cancelled after one season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/02/10/mob-city-canceled-by-tnt/235976/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222213618/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/02/10/mob-city-canceled-by-tnt/235976/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 22, 2014|title='Mob City' Canceled By TNT|last=Seidman|first=Robert|work=TV by the Numbers|date=February 10, 2014|access-date=February 12, 2014}}</ref>
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In addition to collaborating with actors on films and television projects, Darabont has collaborated with writers, producers, composers, and others. These include [[Chuck Russell]], [[Mark Isham]], [[Stephen King]], [[Gregory Nicotero]], [[Rohn Schmidt]], [[David Tattersall]], and others. [[Jeffrey DeMunn]] appeared in ''[[The Blob (1988 film)|The Blob]]'' and ''Black Cat Run'', both of which Darabont wrote, [[Alexa Davalos]] appeared in the pilot episode of ''[[Raines]]'' that he directed and [[Amin Joseph]] first worked with Darabont on an episode of ''[[The Shield]]'' titled "Chasing Ghosts".
''[[The Woman in the Room]]'' (1983 film) and ''[[Buried Alive (1990 TV film)|Buried Alive]]'' (1990) are not listed due to lack of collaborations
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