Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan (pronounced /ˈʃɑːməˌlɑːn/; Malayalam: മനോജ് നെല്ലിയട്ടു ശ്യാമളന്, Manōj Nelliyaṭṭu Śiyāmaḷan; Maṉōj Nelliyāṯṯu Ṣiyāmaḷaṉ), known professionally as M. Night Shyamalan, is a two-time Academy Award-nominated Indian-American filmmaker and screenwriter who resides and works primarily in the United States, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots that usually climax with a twist ending. He is also known f...
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Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan (pronounced /ˈʃɑːməˌlɑːn/; Malayalam: മനോജ് നെല്ലിയട്ടു ശ്യാമളന്, Manōj Nelliyaṭṭu Śiyāmaḷan; Maṉōj Nelliyāṯṯu Ṣiyāmaḷaṉ), known professionally as M. Night Shyamalan, is a two-time Academy Award-nominated Indian-American filmmaker and screenwriter who resides and works primarily in the United States, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots that usually climax with a twist ending. He is also known for filming his movies (and staging his plots) in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was raised. Shyamalan released his first film, Praying with Anger, in 1992 while he was a New York University student. His second movie, the major feature film Wide Awake, made in 1996 but not released until three years later, failed to find financial success.
Shyamalan gained international recognition when he wrote and directed 1999's The Sixth Sense, which was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best...
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