M. Night Shyamalan Fan Club
Name:
Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan
Born:
on 08/06/1970 in Pondicherry, India
Job Titles:
Director, Screenwriter, Actor
Significant Others
- Wife: Bhavna Shyamalan. met at NYUl; married in 1993; as of 2000 was writing PhD thesis in child psychology
Education
- New York University, New York, New York, film, 1993
- Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Waldron Academy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Milestones
- 1980 Began making film at age 10 (date approximate)
- 1986 By age 16, had completed 45th short film (date approximate)
- 1992 Feature film debut as writer, director and star of "Praying With Anger", filmed in Madras, India in 1992
- 1993 Wrote screenplay for "Labor of Love"; sold to Fox for $750,000; attached to direct; when studio reportedly reneged on his directing the film, project was shelved
- 1995 Sold the script for "Wide Awake" to Miramax for $250,000 on condition he direct film in Philadelphia; lensed in 1996 and released in 1997
- 1997 Hired to rewrite script for "Stuart Little" (1999)
- 1999 Breakthrough film, "The Sixth Sense", starring Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment; wrote and directed and made cameo appearance as a doctor; also played small role; received Academy Award nominations as Best Director and for Best Original Screenplay
- 2000 Reportedly received $5 million to write and $5 million to direct the thriller "Unbreakable", starring Willis and Samuel L Jackson; made cameo appearance as a drug dealer
- 2002 Wrote and directed the supernatural thriller "Signs," starring Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix
- 2004 Featured in "The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan," a documenty about the filming of his feature "The Village"; aired on the sci-fi channel
- 2004 Helmed the feature "The Village," in which he again teamed with actor Joaquin Phoenix; also starring William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver
- 2006 Directed Paul Giamatti and Bryce Dallas Howard in "Lady in the Water"; also penned the script
- With family moved from India to Penn Valley, Pennsylvania
Filmography:-
- Lady in the Water (2006) :- Vick Ran
- The Village (2004) :- Guard at Desk
- Signs (2002) :- Ray Reddy
- Unbreakable (2000) :- Stadium Drug Dealer
- The Sixth Sense (1999) :- Dr Hill
- Praying With Anger (1993) :- Dev Raman
- Lady in the Water (2006) :- Director
- Signs (2002) :- Director
- Unbreakable (2000) :- Director
- The Sixth Sense (1999) :- Director
- Wide Awake (1998) :- Director
- Praying With Anger (1993) :- Director
- Lady in the Water (2006):- Producer
- Signs (2002) :- Producer
- Unbreakable (2000) :- Producer
- Praying With Anger (1993) :- Producer
- Lady in the Water (2006) :- Screenwriter
- The Village (2004) :- Screenwriter
- Signs (2002) :- Screenplay
- Unbreakable (2000) :- Screenplay
- Stuart Little (1999) :- Screenplay
- The Sixth Sense (1999) :- Screenplay
- Wide Awake (1998) :- Screenplay
- Praying With Anger (1993) :- Screenplay