M. Night Shyamalan's biography

Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan is 52 years old film director born at Pondicherry, Tamil-Nadu, India. M. was born on Thursday 6th of August 1970. According to year of birth 1970 M. belongs to Generation X. Birthday on 6th of August means he is Leo. As sign in itself indicates “Lion” or “King”, hence people born under Leo sign are considered to be leaders in every aspects of life. They are royal in nature.

M. is native english speaker. M. is asian/indian american. M. is citizen of United States of America. M. is hindu. His primary profession is to be film director. You can know him also as film producer, writer, actor, screenwriter. He is recently known as film actor.

M. Night Shyamalan's family

M. has 1 daughter.

M. Night Shyamalan's daughter: Ishana Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan's daughter's name is Ishana Shyamalan. She is known as television director.

M. Night Shyamalan's schools

We found 2 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Episcopal Academy.

Detailed informations about his schools

Graduated from New York University.

M. Night Shyamalan's career

His main focus is to be film director. He is famous thanks to The Sixth Sense.

Is M. Night Shyamalan gay ?

He is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

M. Night Shyamalan's Awards

After attending private schools Waldron and then Episcopal Acaedmy, he received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the latter in 2001.
He and Dan Aykroyd, are the only two men to direct themselves in performances that "won" them a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor. Shyamalan "won" the award for, and also directed, the film Lady in the Water (2006).

M. Night Shyamalan's Rankings

Ranked #21 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #64 in 2002.
Ranked #23 in Premiere's 2004 annual Power 100 List. He was the 5th-highest ranked director. Had ranked #21 in 2003.
Ranked #30 on Premiere's 2005 Power 50 List. Had ranked #23 in 2004.

M. Night Shyamalan's Nominations

He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director for work The Sixth Sense in 1999
M. was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay for work The Sixth Sense in 1999

What else you don't know about M. Night Shyamalan ?

His middle name is Night.

What M. Night Shyamalan has done for a first time

One of the first scripts he sold was called "Labor of Love" about a man who walks across country to prove his love for his recently deceased wife. As of January 2017, it has still not been made.
Said in the bonus disk that the movie Unbreakable (2000) was made from what started as only the first third of the original script. He said he felt no connection to the last two thirds of the text and decided to discard them.

M. Night Shyamalan's quotes

I play for a living...Success is tied to a feeling of magic, which I can protect.
My hope is we broke so many rules we created a new rule.
The idea is to always go for the thing that's risky. I want to be courageous and original. And original means, you don't know what 'colour' movie you just saw.
Movie making is not like other artforms, like painting, or writing a novel, because that can be disgested or interpreted... It takes two years to make each one of these, and it's always judged on money.
All of my movies have made money, and that's important for me - it's my job to make money for the studio...
I think I take what you might call a B-movie story, deal with B-movie subjects, and I treat it as if it's an A-movie in terms of my approach, my crew, my actors, my ethics and so on. I guess that's my trademark or one of them anyway!
You get in my corner, you're going to get pummeled.
"It's human nature. Twenty-six people love the movie, and the 27th person hates it, and the only thing you can think about is the 27th person." (on critics)
I am fully aware of the giant risk I'm taking. Being as eccentric as my mind will let me and then hearing people's responses. This requires an incredible amount of pain. Everyone around me, 98%, at some point doubted.
If you're not betting on me, then nobody should get money. I've made profit a mathematical certainty. I'm the safest bet you got.
Except for Pixar, I have made the four most successful original movies in a row of all time.
My movies don't get acclaim the day they come. I have to wait longer.
If I'm hesitant at all about an idea, then that's not the right idea.
My intention, whether it's fictional or not, is a retreat back to making small, personal visions.
[on his love for The Last Picture Show (1971)] I think Peter Bogdanovich 's mastery of tone in this film is the holy grail of filmmaking. I'm voraciously after that as both an audience member and a filmmaker.
[on Lady in the Water (2006)] Making that film for me, as an artist, was the greatest moment in my entire life.
[When asked the question "What determines the success of a film for you?"] If I can I look myself in the eye and say I was artistically truthful.
[observation, 2017] Hollywood has become more diverse to the point where it's an agenda, and that's an awkward stage.

M. Night Shyamalan's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how M. Night Shyamalan looks. We will focus on his height, body shape, eye color and hair color. M. is tall as 5' 11" (180 cm). Body build is average. M.´s eyes are tinted brown - dark. His hair is shade of black.

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