Frank Árpád Darabont (born Ferenc Árpád Darabont, January 28, 1959) is a Hungarian-American film director, screenwriter and producer who has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In his early career, he was primarily a screenwriter for horror films such as "" (1987), "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" (1999) and "The Mist" (2007).