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M. Night Shyamalan
Born Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan on 6th August 1970 in Mahé, Pondicherry, India and raised in the suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. . Night Shyamalan is the son of two doctors and his passion for film-making began at the age of 8 when he was given his first Super-8 camera. His idol is said to be Steven Spielberg.
His very first film was Praying with Anger in 1992 and it was based on a trip he had taken to his country of birth, India. His second movie Wide Awake in 1998 he wrote and directed himself and it was shot in a Philadelphia Catholic school he attended at an earlier age even though his family was a different religion, they sent him there due to the schools strict discipline.
He is married to Bhavna Vaswani since 1993 whom he has had 2 children with.
According to IMDB.com he frequently uses Philadelphia as the backdrop in his movies as seen in Wide Awake (1998), The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Signs (2002) and The Village (2004).
He is well know to have some sort of twist at the end of his films, and also having some sort of shot of peoples reflection in various objects.
He has made cameo appearances in all his movies. His movies also tend to have some sort of religiously themed events.
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M. Night Shyamalan - news / articles
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Smith to star in Shyamalan sci-fi movie -
22 November 2010
-Will Smith's son is set to star in moviemaker M. Night Shyamalan's new movie.
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-The Sixth Sense director is reportedly developing his new sci-fi film 1000 A.E. for The Karate Kid star Jaden Smith.-
- The 12 year old says, "We're reading the script right now. I don't want
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Shyamalan: 'My critics will never be happy' -
30 July 2010
-Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan is convinced he'll never be able to please his critics - because they set impossibly high standards for him after his early career success.-
-Shyamalan shot to fame after writing and directing 1999 hit thriller The Sixth Sense but his more rece
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Willis and Shyamalan plan Unbreakable sequel -
23 February 2010
-Bruce Willis is planning to reteam with horror director M. Night Shyamalan and make a sequel to 2000 thriller Unbreakable.-
-Willis plays a man who discovers he has superpowers in the film, his second collaboration with Shyamalan after 1999's Sixth Sense.-
- Ten years on,
M. Night Shyamalan - what members say
review by from W. Sussex
Shyamalan is unstoppable 22 September 2003
review by A customer from Newcastle, England
Awsome Film 25 August 2006
review by A customer from My sofa
Read this Sign 23 May 2005
M. Night Shyamalan - filmography
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After Earth
(2013)
Starring: Will Smith, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jaden Smith
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages ..read more »
 
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The Last Airbender
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Dev Patel
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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From the Director of Sixth Sense comes the highly anticipated live-action family adventure, The Last Airbender, based on the hugely successful Nickelodeon TV series. Air, Water, Earth and Fire. Four nations tied by destiny when the Fire Nation led by Prince Zuko (Dev Patel), launches a brutal war ..read more »
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Devil - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Logan Marshall-Green, Bojana Novakovic, Joshua Peace
Director: Drew Dowdle, John Erick Dowdle
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Supernatural sci-fi suspense thriller produced and based on a concept by M. Night Shyamalan, but directed by Drew and John Erick Dowdle. Set inside a skyscraper office block, the film revolves around a group of five people trapped inside an elevator - one of whom, unbeknownst to the others, is the ..read more »
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Lady in the Water
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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A modest building manager named Cleveland Heep rescues a mysterious young woman from danger and discovers she is actually a narf, a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the treacherous journey from our world back to hers. Cleveland and his fellow tenants start to realize that they ..read more »
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The Village
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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Atmospheric psychological thriller directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Covington is a small rural Pennsylvanian village locked into an unusual pact: beyond the village boundaries lurk terrifying creatures, but these creatures have agreed to stay outwith the villagers' territory so long as the villagers ..read more »
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Signs
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Mel Gibson, Cherry Jones
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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Reverend Graham Hess discovers a five hundred foot crop circle on his farmland which creates a media frenzy. Hess and his family tries to determine what the crop circle means...
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Unbreakable
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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Bruce Willis re-teams with 'Sixth Sense' writer-director M. Night Shyamalan for this tense, atmospheric thriller. David Dunn (Willis) is the sole survivor of one of the worst train crashes in US history. Walking away without a scratch on him, Dunn is unable to explain why he should have been spared;..read more »
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Unbreakable - Blu-ray
(2000)
Starring: Charlayne Woodard, Spencer Treat Clark, Bruce Willis
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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Bruce Willis re-teams with 'Sixth Sense' writer-director M. Night Shyamalan for this tense, atmospheric thriller. David Dunn (Willis) is the sole survivor of one of the worst train crashes in US history. Walking away without a scratch on him, Dunn is unable to explain why he should have been spared;..read more »
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The Sixth Sense - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Willis) is a successful child psychologist who is shaken by the sudden reappearance and suicide of a former patient. Months later Crowe encounters Cole Sear (Osment), a troubled young boy who bears a similarity to his earlier patient. Dr. Crowe must try to save Cole, not only for ..read more »
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The Sixth Sense
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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In this chilling psychological thriller, eight-year-old Cole Sear is haunted by a dark secret: He is visited by ghosts. A helpless and reluctant channel, Cole is terrified by threatening visitations from those with unresolved problems who appear from the shadows. Confused by his paranormal powers, ..read more »
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Stuart Little - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Hugh Laurie, Nathan Lane, Chazz Palminteri
Director: Rob Minkoff
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When Mr and Mrs Little (Hugh Laurie and Geena Davis) visit an orphanage to find a brother for their son George (Jonathan Lipnicki) they come away with a charming talking mouse called Stuart. After initial misgivings, George and Stuart begin to get on famously, and everything seems to be going ..read more »
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Stuart Little
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Hugh Laurie, Nathan Lane, Chazz Palminteri
Director: Rob Minkoff
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When Mr and Mrs Little (Hugh Laurie and Geena Davis) visit an orphanage to find a brother for their son George (Jonathan Lipnicki) they come away with a charming talking mouse called Stuart. After initial misgivings, George and Stuart begin to get on famously, and everything seems to be going ..read more »
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Wide Awake
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Joseph Cross, Denis Leary, Dana Delany
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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Coming-of-age comedy drama by writer-director M. Night Shyamalan. Joseph Cross stars as Joshua Beal, a fifth grader at a Catholic boys' school who is coming to terms with the recent death of his grandfather. His failure to make the school football team and harrassment by the class bully add to his ..read more »
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M. Night Shyamalan facts
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...Although the film isn't perfect (and how many truly are), M. Night Shyamalan succeeds in producing a worthy successor to The Sixth Sense. It's especially thrilling for those who...
