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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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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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The Last Airbender - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Noah Ringer, Shaun Toub, Nicola Peltz
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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Lady in the Water - HD
(2006)
Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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Watch now: Unavailable
Kindly caretaker Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti, SIDEWAYS) discovers an elfin creature named Story (Bryce Dallas Howard, THE VILLAGE) living in the swimming pool of the apartment complex where he works. It soon becomes apparent to Cleveland that Story is not of this world, and that her mission to ..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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Kindly caretaker Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti, SIDEWAYS) discovers an elfin creature named Story (Bryce Dallas Howard, THE VILLAGE) living in the swimming pool of the apartment complex where he works. It soon becomes apparent to Cleveland that Story is not of this world, and that her mission to ..read more »
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from 18,362 members
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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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M. Night Shyamalan's THE VILLAGE finds the renowned writer-director crafting a suspenseful story of a small community whose inhabitants are plagued by fear of the unknown forest that surrounds them. For years, they have kept a truce with mysterious creatures in the woods by vowing never to breach a ..read more »
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from 61,533 members
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Signs
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Mel Gibson, Cherry Jones
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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It's contaminated. That's what pint-sized Bo (Abigail Breslin) says about every glass of water that she tries to drink, then rejects. This is just one in a long list of strange occurrences that are changing the lives of the Hess family. Things go awry when Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) and his brother, ..read more »
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from 25,640 members
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Unbreakable - Blu-ray
(2000)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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UNBREAKABLE stars Bruce Willis as David Dunne, a Philadelphia security guard and the sole survivor of a disasterous train wreck. Not only is David still alive after the crash--he's completely unharmed. After this miraculous incident, he's contacted by the mysterious Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson),..read more »
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from 2,795 members
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Unbreakable
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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UNBREAKABLE stars Bruce Willis as David Dunne, a Philadelphia security guard and the sole survivor of a disastrous train wreck. Not only is David still alive after the crash-he's completely unharmed. After this miraculous incident, he's contacted by the mysterious Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson), ..read more »
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from 27,348 members
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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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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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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...
