| Has turned several Stephen King works into movies, including Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile and The Woman in the Room, which was made as&nbs |
| Started out as a writer, penning numerous horror scripts including the 1988 remake of The Blob, the 1989 sequel The Fly II and a couple of Tales from the Crypt episodes. |
| Nominated for Directors Guild Awards for Best Director in 1994 for Shawshank and in 1999 for The Green Mile. |
| Made his feature-film directorial debut with 1994's The Shawshank Redemption, for which he also wrote the screenplay. Although it made less than $30 million in U.S. theaters, the |