Who's the Hungarian-born US film director renowned for adapting Stephen King novellas to the screen, including The Mist and The Green Mile?
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Frank Darabont Frank Árpád Darabont (born Darabont Ferenc Árpád; January 28, 1959) is a French-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 "", "The Blob" and "The Fly II". As a director he is known for his film adaptations of Stephen King novellas and novels such as "The Shawshank Redemption", "The Green Mile", and "The Mist".
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The Mist (film) The Mist (also known as Stephen King's The Mist) is a 2007 American science-fiction horror film based on the 1980 novella "The Mist" by Stephen King. The film was written and directed by Frank Darabont. Darabont had been interested in adapting "The Mist" for the big screen since the 1980s. The film features an ensemble cast including Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Samuel Witwer, Toby Jones, and future "The Walking Dead" actors Jeffrey DeMunn, Juan Gabriel Pareja, Laurie Holden, and Melissa McBride.
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A Good Marriage (film) A Good Marriage is a 2014 American psychological thriller film based on the novella of the same name by Stephen King, from the 2010 collection "Full Dark, No Stars". It stars Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Kristen Connolly and Stephen Lang. It was released on October 3, 2014.
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Gypsy Lore Gypsy Lore (Hungarian: Romani kris - Cigánytörvény ) is a 1997 Hungarian drama film directed by Bence Gyöngyössy. It is an adaptation of "King Lear". The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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Stephen Metcalfe Stephen Metcalfe is an American film director and screenwriter. Metcalfe's career has touched on all forms of dramatic writing; screen, television and stage.
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Tell Me a Riddle (film) Tell Me a Riddle is a 1980 American drama film directed by Lee Grant. The screenplay by Joyce Eliason and Alev Lytle is based on the 1961 O'Henry award novella from Tillie Olsen's collection of short stories of the same name. This is Grant's first film as director, and two more such films followed: "Down and Out in America" and "Staying Together".
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Jiří Menzel Jiří Menzel (] ) (born 23 February 1938, Prague) is a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography. Some of these films are adapted from works by Czech writers such as Bohumil Hrabal and Vladislav Vančura.
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Another Way (film) Another Way (Hungarian: "Egymásra nézve" ), is a 1982 Hungarian film directed by Károly Makk about an affair between two women. It is based on a semi-autobiographical novella "Another Love" ("Törvényen belül") by Erzsébet Galgóczi (1930-89), who co-wrote the screenplay with Makk. It won the Best Actress award at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival for Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak and was nominated for the Palme d'Or.
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Jarek Kupsc Jarosław "Jarek" Kupść (born December 26, 1966) is a Polish-American film director and screen writer.
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Otto Preminger Otto Ludwig Preminger ( , ] ; 5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an American theatre and film director, originally from Austria-Hungary.
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The Pendragon Legend (film) The Pendragon Legend (Hungarian: A Pendragon legenda) is a 1974 Hungarian thriller film directed by György Révész and starring Zoltán Latinovits, Iván Darvas and Teri Tordai. It is based on the 1934 novel "The Pendragon Legend" by Antal Szerb.
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Frigyes Bán Frigyes Bán (19 June 1902 – 30 September 1969) was a Hungarian film director. His wife was actress Éva Vass.
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Martin Kiszko Martin Edmund Kiszko (born 9 February 1958) is a British composer, musicologist, librettist and poet. He is best known for his film and television scores.
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Sergio Mimica-Gezzan Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (also known as Srdjan Mimica, Croatian: "Srđan Mimica" ) ) (born May 2, 1956) is a Croatian-born American film and television director and son of famous Croatian film director Vatroslav Mimica. He has received three Directors Guild of America awards for his work as an assistant director and is now a regular lead director in episodic television. He has often worked with Steven Spielberg as an assistant director. He directed six episodes of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica", two episodes of "Heroes", and "The Pillars of the Earth", the television adaptation of Ken Follett's novel of the same name.
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Pál Sándor Pál Sándor (born 19 October 1939) is a Hungarian film director, producer and screenwriter. He has directed 28 films since 1964. His 1976 film "A Strange Role" was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear.
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The Dark Half The Dark Half is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1989. "Publishers Weekly" listed "The Dark Half" as the second best-selling book of 1989 behind Tom Clancy's "Clear and Present Danger". The novel was adapted into a feature film of the same name in 1993.
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The Mist (TV series) The Mist is an American science fiction-horror thriller television series developed by Christian Torpe for Spike. It is based on the horror novella of the same name by author Stephen King. The first season, consisting of ten episodes, premiered on June 22, 2017. On September 27, 2017, Spike cancelled the series after one season.
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Kristof Konrad Kristof Konrad (born 1962 as Krzysztof Wojslaw) is a Polish-American film, television, theatre, and voice actor. For over twenty years, he has successfully worked in film and television in both the United States and Europe, working with directors such as Kenneth Branagh, Francis Lawrence, Ron Howard, and Roland Emmerich and working opposite actors such as Jennifer Lawrence, Robin Wright, Kerry Washington, Jennifer Garner, and many more. He currently resides in Los Angeles and works internationally.
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Jonny Lee Miller Jonathan Lee Miller (born 15 November 1972) is an English-American film, television and theatre actor. He achieved early success for his portrayal of Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson in the dark comedy drama film "Trainspotting" (1996) and as Dade Murphy in "Hackers" (1995), before earning further critical recognition for his performances in "Afterglow" (1997), "Mansfield Park" (1999), "The Flying Scotsman" (2006), "Endgame" (2009) and "T2 Trainspotting" (2016); for "The Flying Scotsman" he received a London Film Critics' Circle nomination for Actor of the Year. He was also part of the principal cast in the films "Melinda and Melinda" (2004), "Dark Shadows" (2012) and "Byzantium" (2013). He has appeared in several theatrical productions on Broadway, most notably "After Miss Julie" and "Frankenstein", the latter of which earned him an Olivier Award for Best Actor.
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Stephen Vizinczey Stephen Vizinczey, originally István Vizinczey (born 1933, in Káloz, Hungary), is an author and writer.
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David Dusa Davis Dusa (born May 17, 1979 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian and Swedish film director.
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Andrew G. Vajna Andrew G. Vajna (born András György Vajna; August 1, 1944) is a Hungarian-American film producer.