FILM DIRECTOR

Frank Darabont

1959 - Today

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Frank Árpád Darabont (born Ferenc Árpád Darabont, January 28, 1959) 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), and The Fly II (1989). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Darabont has received more than 3,898,666 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Frank Darabont is the 253rd most popular film director (down from 226th in 2019), the 1,583rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,414th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Frank Darabont ranks 253 out of 2,041Before him are Karel Zeman, G. W. Pabst, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Tsui Hark, Edward Dmytryk, and Patrice Chéreau. After him are Assi Dayan, Julien Duvivier, Peter Bogdanovich, Richard Fleischer, Menahem Golan, and Henri Verneuil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Frank Darabont ranks 50Before him are Gerhard Berger, Kyle MacLachlan, Moza bint Nasser, Vincent D'Onofrio, Anne Hidalgo, and Morten Harket. After him are Michael P. Anderson, Rosanna Arquette, Christian Wulff, Tupou VI, Ving Rhames, and Donna Strickland.

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In France

Among people born in France, Frank Darabont ranks 1,583 out of 6,770Before him are Arman (1928), Louis Couturat (1868), Patrice Chéreau (1944), Edmond Debeaumarché (1906), Youri Djorkaeff (1968), and Raimbaut de Vaqueiras (1165). After him are Arletty (1898), Émile Gaboriau (1832), William of Champeaux (1070), Anne Gonzaga (1616), Julien Duvivier (1896), and Germaine Tailleferre (1892).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Frank Darabont ranks 32Before him are Jean Vigo (1905), Claude Lanzmann (1925), Chris Marker (1921), Jacques Becker (1906), Bertrand Tavernier (1941), and Patrice Chéreau (1944). After him are Julien Duvivier (1896), Germaine Dulac (1882), Just Jaeckin (1940), Philippe de Broca (1933), Francis Veber (1937), and William Kennedy Dickson (1860).