| M. Night Shyamalan | |
|---|---|
 Shyamalan at the 23rd Annual Kid's Choice Awards | |
| 2 Nominations | |
| Role | Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
| Born | August 6, 1970 |
| Mahé, Puducherry, India | |
M. Night Shyamalan is an Indian-American screenwriter, film director, and producer known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots including The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Signs (2002), The Village (2004), The Happening (2008) and Devil (2010). He is also known for filming his movies (and staging his plots) in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was raised. Most of Shyamalan's commercially successful films were co-produced by Walt Disney Studios' Touchstone and Hollywood film imprints. In 2008, Shyamalan was awarded the Padma Shri by the government of India.
Nominations[]
- 72nd Academy Awards, 1999
- Best Director — The Sixth Sense
- Best Original Screenplay — The Sixth Sense