Performer

Frank Darabont

Director in the Nutevio catalogue.

Born: 28 January 1959
Age: 67
Active: 1990 — 2001
Known for: The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Majestic

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The essay

Reading Frank Darabont

Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.

Why this filmmaker matters

Frank Darabont has 0 directed films in the Nutevio catalogue. 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 Green Mile, and The Mist, all based on stories by Stephen King. In 2010 he developed and executive produced the first season of the AMC network television series The Walking Dead.

Signature style

The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.

Legacy

Darabont set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.