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{{short description|American filmmaker}}
{{Hungarian name|Darabont Ferenc Árpád}}
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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 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 film)|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 (film)|The Green Mile]]'' (1999), and ''[[The Mist (film)|The Mist]]'' (2007).
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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