M. Night Shyamalan

Manoj Nelliyattu M Night Shyamalan born August 6 1970 is an American filmmaker and actor He is known for making original films with contemporary supernatural plots and twist endings He was born in Mahé India and raised in Penn Valley Pennsylvania The cumulative gross of his films exceeds 3 billion globally He made his directorial debut in 1992 with his first movie Praying with Anger His second movie was the comedydrama film Wide Awake 1998 His most wellreceived films include the supernatural thriller The Sixth Sense 1999 the superhero thriller Unbreakable 2000 and the science fiction thriller Signs 2002 For The Sixth Sense Shyamalan received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Afterward Shyamalan released a series of poorly received but sometimes financially successful movies including the periodpiece thriller The Village 2004 the dark fantasy Lady in the Water 2006 the ecothriller The Happening 2008 The Last Airbender 2010 an adaptation based on the first season of the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar The Last Airbender and the science fiction film After Earth 2013 Following the financial failure of After Earth Shyamalans career was revived with the release of the foundfootage horror film The Visit 2015 the psychological thriller Split 2016 and the superhero thriller Glass 2019 With a total budget of 34 million between them these three films earned a combined box office of 625 million Glass is the third and final chapter of his Unbreakable film series which commenced in 2000 In addition to his directorial work Shyamalan was a story creator and a producer for the horror film Devil 2010 Shyamalan was also called in for an uncredited rewrite for the teen film Shes All That 1999 and also served as a writer for the film Stuart Little 1999 He is also one of the executive producers and occasional director of Wayward Pines and the critically acclaimed series Servant Shyamalan is also known for filming and setting his films in and around Philadelphia Pennsylvania Most of his commercially successful films were coproduced and released by Walt Disney Studios Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures and Universal imprints In 2008 Shyamalan was awarded the Padma Shri by the government of India