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M. Night Shyamalan

Name
M. Night Shyamalan
Full/Alt. name
Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan
Date of Birth
Thursday August 6 1970
Born
Mahé, Pondicherry (India)
Partial Biography
One of the most successful and controversial filmmakers of the late 1990s and into the next millennium, M. Night Shyamalan was the writer and director of such supernaturally-themed dramas as The Sixth…Full M. Night Shyamalan Biography…

Filmography

  • The Last Airbender (2010) Director, Producer, Screenplay (adaptation)
  • The Happening (2007) 15 (Contains frequent images of suicide and moderate bloody injury)Played "Joey", Director, Producer, Screenplay
  • Lady In The Water (2006) PG (for some frightening sequences)Played "Vick Ran", Director, Producer, Screenplay
  • The Village (2004) 12A (Contains moderate psychological horror and violence)Played "Guard at Desk", Director, Producer, Screenplay
  • Signs (2002) 12A (Contains moderate violence and menace)Played "Ray Reddy", Director, Producer, Screenplay
  • Unbreakable (2000) 12A (for mature thematic elements incl. some disturbing violent content, & for a crude sexual reference)Played "Stadium Drug Dealer", Director, Producer, screenplay
  • Stuart Little (2000) U (for brief language)screenplay
  • The Sixth Sense (1999) 15 (for intense thematic material and violent images.)Played "Dr Hill", Director, screenplay
  • Wide Awake (1998) (1998) (For language and thematic elements)Director, screenplay

 


Awards

  1. ShoWest (2006) Director of the Year
  2. ShoWest Award (2006) Director of the Year
  3. Golden Satellite (1999) Best Motion Picture Screenplay (Original) - "The Sixth Sense"

 


Top matching photos

  • M Night Shyamalan, Bryce Dallas Howard and Paul Giamatti at the US premiere of Lady In The Water

 


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