Born Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan
6 August 1970 (age 47)
Mahé, Puducherry, India
Residence Willistown, Pennsylvania, US
Citizenship United States[1]
Alma mater Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
Occupation Director, screenwriter, author, producer, actor
Years active 1992–present
Hometown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Spouse(s) Bhavna Vaswani (m. 1993)
Children 3
Manoj Nelliyattu "M. Night" Shyamalan[1][a] (/ˈʃɑːməlɑːn/;[2] born 6 August 1970)[3] is an American film director, screenwriter, author, producer and actor known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots and surprise endings. He was born in Puducherry, India and raised in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania. His most well-received films include the supernatural horror thriller The Sixth Sense (1999), the superhero thriller Unbreakable (2000), the science fiction horror Signs (2002), and the historical drama-horror film The Village (2004). For The Sixth Sense, Shyamalan received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director.
Afterward, Shyamalan released a series of poorly received but sometimes financially successful movies, including, the dark fantasy film Lady in the Water (2006), the horror thriller film The Happening (2008), the film adaptation of The Last Airbender (2010), and the science-fiction film After Earth (2013). Following the financial failure of After Earth, Shyalaman's career was revived with the release of the found footage horror The Visit (2015) and the psychological horror Split (2016), the latter of which is set in the same universe as his previous film Unbreakable. He was a producer for Devil (2010) and was instrumental in the creation of the Fox science fiction series Wayward Pines.
Shyamalan is also known for filming and setting his films in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was raised. Most of his commercially successful films were co-produced and released by the Walt Disney Studios' Touchstone and Hollywood film imprints. In 2008, Shyamalan was awarded the Padma Shri by the government of India.[4]
Why am I telling my readers this?
Because I received a review for Zeeka Chronicles: Revenge of Zeeka comparing me to M. Night Shyamalan.
"Fantastic
2 April 2018
Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
This was a strange read. Brenda Mohammed writes unlike anybody else I've read. She is such an incredible gift to this genre and is a great introduction if this isn't your usual brand of reading. The characterization is spot on, even though the material is very futuristic, I still found myself recognising the flaws. There were moments that reminded me of the work of M Night Shyamalan and that's what Mohammed does well - she creates stories that are easy to visualize. Fantastic. Definitely recommended."
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