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M. Night Shyamalan

Writer, Director, Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn August 6, 1970 (54 years)
Manoj Nelliyattu "M. Night" Shyamalan, 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. He made his directorial debut in 1992 with his first movie Praying with Anger. His second movie was the comedy-drama film Wide Awake (1998). His most well-received films include the supernatural thriller The Sixth Sense (1999), the superhero thriller Unbreakable (2000), and the science fiction thriller Signs (2002). Afterward, Shyamalan released a series of poorly received but sometimes financially successful movies, including the period-piece thriller The Village (2004), the dark fantasy Lady in the Water (2006), the eco-thriller The Happening (2008), The Last Airbender (2010), and the science fiction film After Earth (2013). Following the financial failure of After Earth, Shyamalan's career was revived with the release of the found-footage horror film The Visit (2015), the psychological thriller Split (2016), and the superhero thriller Glass (2019). 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 She's All That (1999) and also served as a writer for the film Stuart Little (1999). Shyamalan is also known for filming and setting his films in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Most of his commercially successful films were co-produced 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.

Known For

  • The Sixth Sense
  • Split
  • Unbreakable
  • Signs
  • Glass
  • The Village
  • The Happening
  • After Earth
  • The Last Airbender
  • The Visit
  • Trap
  • Lady in the Water
  • Devil
  • Stuart Little
  • Old
  • Knock at the Cabin
  • Wayward Pines
  • Caddo Lake
  • Servant
  • The Watchers
  • Wide Awake
  • Praying with Anger

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    Filmography

    2026
    Remain · as Screenplay
    2024
    2023
    Knock at the Cabin · as Screenplay
    2021
    Old · as Screenplay
    2019
    Glass · as Screenplay
    2016
    2015
    2013
    After Earth · as Screenplay
    2010
    2008
    The Happening · as Screenplay
    2006
    Lady in the Water · as Screenplay
    2004
    2002
    2000
    1999
    Stuart Little · as Screenplay
    1999
    1998
    1992

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