Frank Darabont — American Director born on January 28, 1959,

Frank Arpad Darabont is a Hungarian-Americanfilm 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 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, The Blob and The Fly II. As a director he is known for his film adaptations of Stephen King novels such as The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Mist... (wikipedia)

The human race is fundamentally insane. If you put two of us into a room together, we're soon gonna start figuring out good reasons to kill one another.
I think once you've finished a movie you really have to detach from it so that you can come back and watch it as an audience member.
The only person who can, with impunity, make the movie he wants to make, has got to be Steven Spielberg.
One of my favorite movies of all time is 'It's A Wonderful Life,' which is a pretty interesting choice for a seasonal Christmas favorite, because it's about a guy who wants to commit suicide and is presented with reasons not to.
Some of us have great original ideas and some of us depend on adaptations.