Frank Darabont

Frank Darabont

Three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbeliard, France, the son of Hungarian parents who had fled Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution. Brought to America as an infant, he settled with his family in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High School. His first job in movies was as a production assistant on the 1981 low-budget film, Hell Night (1981), starring Linda Blair. He spent the next six years working in the art department as a set dresser and in set construction while struggling to establish himself as a writer. His first produced writing credit (shared) was on the 1987 film, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), directed by Chuck Russell. Darabont is one of only six filmmakers in history with the unique distinction of having his first two feature films receive nominations for the Best Picture Academy Award: 1994's The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (with a total of seven nominations) and 1999's The Green Mile (1999) (four nominations). Darabont himself collected Oscar nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for each film (both based on works by Stephen King), as well as nominations for both films from the Director's Guild of America, and a nomination from the Writers Guild of America for The Shawshank Redemption (1994). He won the Humanitas Prize, the PEN Center USA West Award, and the Scriptor Award for his screenplay of "The Shawshank Redemption". For "The Green Mile", he won the Broadcast Film Critics prize for his screenplay adaptation, and two People's Choice Awards in the Best Dramatic Film and Best Picture categories. The Majestic (2001), starring Jim Carrey, was released in December 2001. He executive-produced the thriller, Collateral (2004), for DreamWorks, with Michael Mann directing and Tom Cruise starring. Future produced-by projects include "Way of the Rat" at DreamWorks with Chuck Russell adapting and directing the CrossGen comic book series and "Back Roads", a Tawni O'Dell novel, also at DreamWorks, with Todd Field attached to direct. Darabont and his production company, "Darkwoods Productions", have an overall deal with Paramount Pictures.
Frank Deal

Frank Deal

Upon graduating from NYU's Graduate Acting Program, Frank began a 10 year career as a stage director. In the early 2000's he left directing to pursue an acting career full time. In 2001, he landed the recurring part of ADA Don Newvine on "Law and Order: SVU. Since then he has performed in theatre, television, and film. He has appeared On and Off-Broadway in premieres of "August: Osage County" (The Music Box), "The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told" (by Paul Rudick / Minetta Lane), "One Neck" (The Atlantic w/ Alison Janney), "Second-Hand Smoke" (w/ Vera Farmiga at Primary Stages) and "The Vietnamization of New Jersey" (by Durang at The Beckett), among many others. Films include: "The App", "Non-Stop" (w/ Liam Neeson), "The Bay" (directed by Oscar winner Barry Levinson), "The Amazing Spiderman 2", "Deception" (w/ Ewan MacGregor / Hugh Jackman), "The Corrections" (Noah Baumbach), "The House is Burning" (Cannes), "Flannel Pajamas" (Sundance) and "Body/Antibody", among others. TV: FBI Special Agent O'Connell on Law and Order: SVU. Guest spots on, "The Blacklist", "The Knick" (Steven Soderbergh), "Hostages", "Alpha House", "Boardwalk Empire", "Elementary", "Person of Interest", "Blue Bloods", "Nurse Jackie", "Unforgettable", "Royal Pains", "Fringe", "Onion News Network", "Sopranos", "Law & Order" and others. Faculty member of The Juilliard School (Drama Division) since 2000. Regional credits include, Mister Roberts (Kennedy Center), Side Man (as Genie Glimmer at The Guthrie), Six Years (by Sharr White at ATL's Humana Festival), The Black Dahlia (Yale Rep), among many others. Frank has had the great pleasure of working with such actors as Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Andy Garcia, Julianne Moore, Diane Weist, Maggie Gyllenhall, Stacey Keach, Melissa Leo, Michael Stuhlbarg, Estelle Parsons, Michelle Dockery, and Lupita Nyong'o among others... And with directors that include, Barry Levinson, Jaume Collet-Serra, Mark Wing-Davey, Noah Baumbach, Liviu Culei, Christopher Ashley, Ethan McSweeney, Moises Kaufman, etc. In addition to a busy schedule acting these days, Frank has enjoyed teaching (and being taught) "Play" at The Juilliard School's Drama Division, his artistic home for the last 15 years.

APK para TV

Apk para móvil