M. Night Shyamalan


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Born in Puducherry, India, and raised in the posh suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M. Night Shyamalan is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots. He is the son of Jayalakshmi, a Tamil obstetrician and gynecologist, and Nelliate C. Shyamalan, ... See full bio »

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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 41 nominations. See more awards »

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(2006)
Sinais Producer
(2002)
A Vila Producer
(2004)
O Sexto Sentido Director
(1999)

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  Labor of Love (producer) (announced)
 2019-2020 Servant (TV Series) (executive producer - 10 episodes)
- Episode #1.10 (2020) ... (executive producer)
- Balloon (2020) ... (executive producer)
- Jericho (2020) ... (executive producer)
- Boba (2019) ... (executive producer)
- Haggis (2019) ... (executive producer)
 2019 Glass (producer - produced by)
 2016/IX Fragmentado (producer - produced by)
 2015-2016 Wayward Pines (TV Series) (executive producer - 20 episodes)
- Bedtime Story (2016) ... (executive producer)
- Walcott Prep (2016) ... (executive producer)
- Pass Judgment (2016) ... (executive producer)
- Time Will Tell (2016) ... (executive producer)
- City Upon a Hill (2016) ... (executive producer)
 2015/I A Visita (producer)
 2013 Depois da Terra (producer)
 2010 O Demónio (producer)
 2010 O Último Airbender (producer)
 2008 O Acontecimento (producer)
 2006 A Senhora da Água (producer)
 2004 A Vila (producer)
 2002 Sinais (producer)
 2000 O Protegido (producer)
 1992 Praying with Anger (producer)
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Other Works:

TV commercial for American Express (USA) (2006) See more »

Publicity Listings:

7 Interviews | 20 Articles | See more »

Alternate Names:

Manoj Night Shyamalan

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on the power of cinema] I once wrote an article about the Nuremburg trial and on the evil of the Nazis. These people were animals. And their faces throughout the trial were like ice, except for the moment when they showed a movie in the courtroom. When the lights went down and they showed the footage of the bodies being pushed into the pits, their expressions changed and they became emotional. ... See more »

Trivia:

Became the highest paid screenwriter in Hollywood when Disney gave him $5 million to write Sinais (2002). See more »

Trademark:

Films often use an event from the main character's past as a major connection to what is happening in the present (the Vincent Gray case in O Sexto Sentido (1999), the car crash in O Protegido (2000), the death of the wife in Sinais (2002)) See more »

Star Sign:

Leo

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