M. Night Shyamalan

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M. Night Shyamalan
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor
Born:
August 6, 1970 in Madras, India
Biography:A director who struck gold with the 1999 blockbuster "The Sixth Sense", "M. Night Shyamalan" came out of almost nowhere to become one of the year's greatest sensations. The second biggest moneymaker of 1999 (the first being Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace), "The Sixth Sense" also proved to be a critical favorite, earning a slew of Oscar nominations that included Best Director and Best Picture.

Born in Madras, India, on August 6, 1970, Shyamalan was raised in the posh Philadelphia suburb of Penn Valley. The son of doctors, he developed a passion for filmmaking when he was given a Super-8 camera at the age of eight. By the time he was 17, Shyamalan -- who idolized "Steven Spielberg" -- had made 45 home movies, and after receiving a Catholic school education, he studied filmmaking at the Tisch School of the Arts. He graduated in 1992, and that same year he made his first feature film,... Full Biography

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M. Night Shyamalan and Bryce Dallas Howard attend the New York premiere of "The Village" on July 26,...
M. Night Shyamalan and Bryce Dallas Howard promote "The Village" in Italy on Sept. 16, 2004.
Bryce Dallas Howard, Mary Beth Hurt, Paul Giamatti, Sarita Choudhury and M. Night Shyamalan in "Lady...
Bryce Dallas Howard, Sarita Choudhury, and M. Night Shyamalan in "Lady in the Water"
M. Night Shyamalan and Paul Giamatti in "Lady in the Water"
Freddy Rodriguez and M. Night Shyamalan in "Lady in the Water"
M. Night Shyamalan on the set of "Lady in the Water"
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