Frank Darabont

Frank Darabont (born on January 28, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

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January 28 - 1959 - American - Film director - Screenwriter - Producer

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He was born in a refugee camp in Montbeliard, France. His parents fled Hungary after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. When he was still an infant, his family moved to the United States, where he lived for the rest of his life.

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Montbeliard - France - Hungary - 1956 Hungarian Revolution - United States

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By the age of 20, Darabont became involved in filmmaking. He made his feature-long directorial debut with Buried Alive (1990), a TV movie. He became famous, however, after directing and writing The Shawshank Redemption (1994) for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay.

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Filmmaking - Buried Alive - The Shawshank Redemption - 1994 - Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay

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After a five-year hiatus, Darabont returned to the screen with the extremely well receieved The Green Mile, a film he directed, scripted, and produced. Like "The Shawshank Redemption," this film is also based on a novel by Stephen King. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and Darabont was nominated for his second Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay.

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The Green Mile - Stephen King - Academy Award for Best Picture

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Frank Darabont is considered one of the most talented writers in Hollywood, and he is known to have doctored the scripts of two Steven Spielberg films (namely Saving Private Ryan and Minority Report).

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Hollywood - Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan - Minority Report

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