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	'''Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan''' ({{pron-en\|ˈʃɑːməlɑːn}}; മനോജ്‌ നെല്ലിയാട്ടു ശ്യാമളന്‍, Mitur Ben Es-Derti {{lang-ta\|மனோஜ் நெல்லியட்டு ஷ்யாமளன்}},'''Latin English''': ''Maṉōj Nelliyāṯṯu Ṣiyāmaḷaṉ'', born 6 August 1970),<!--no middle name ''yet'', per the Michael Bamberger book ''The Man Who Heard Voices: Or, How M. Night Shyamalan Risked His Career on a Fairy Tale'' (Gotham Books, New York, 2006), p. 17--> known professionally as '''M. Night Shyamalan''', is an [[United States\|American]] filmmaker and [[screenwriter]] who resides and works primarily in the United States. He is known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots that climax with a [[twist ending]]. Some of his notable movies are ''[[The Sixth Sense]]'' (1999), ''[[Unbreakable (movie)\|Unbreakable]]'' (2000), ''[[Signs (movie)\|Signs]]'' (2002), ''[[The Village (2004 film)\|The Village]]'' (2004), ''[[Lady in the Water]]'' (2006), ''[[The Happening (2008 film)\|The Happening]]'' (2008) and ''[[The Last Airbender]]'' (2010). He is also known for filming his movies (and staging his plots) in and around [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], where he was raised.		'''Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan''' ({{pron-en\|ˈʃɑːməlɑːn}}; മനോജ്‌ നെല്ലിയാട്ടു ശ്യാമളന്‍, Mitur Ben Es-Derti {{lang-ta\|மனோஜ் நெல்லியட்டு ஷ்யாமளன்}},'''Latin English''': ''Maṉōj Nelliyāṯṯu Ṣiyāmaḷaṉ'', born 6 August 1970),<!--no middle name ''yet'', per the Michael Bamberger book ''The Man Who Heard Voices: Or, How M. Night Shyamalan Risked His Career on a Fairy Tale'' (Gotham Books, New York, 2006), p. 17--> known professionally as '''M. Night Shyamalan''', is an [[United States\|American]] filmmaker and [[screenwriter]] who resides and works primarily in the United States. He is known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots that climax with a [[twist ending]]. Some of his notable movies are ''[[The Sixth Sense]]'' (1999), ''[[Unbreakable (movie)\|Unbreakable]]'' (2000), ''[[Signs (movie)\|Signs]]'' (2002), ''[[The Village (2004 film)\|The Village]]'' (2004), ''[[Lady in the Water]]'' (2006), ''[[The Happening (2008 film)\|The Happening]]'' (2008) and ''[[The Last Airbender]]'' (2010). He is also known for filming his movies (and staging his plots) in and around [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], where he was raised.

	==Early ~~Life~~==		==Early life==
	Shyamalan was born in a [[Hindu]] household in [[Mahé, India\|Mahé]], [[Puducherry]], [[India]].<ref name=bio /><ref>Bamberger, Michael. ''The Man Who Heard Voices: Or, How M. Night Shyamalan Risked His Career on a Fairy Tale'' (Gotham Books, New York, 2006), p. 150.</ref> His father, Nelliate C. Shyamalan is a [[Malayali]] traditional physician ([[Vaidyar]]) from Mahé. His mother, Jayalakshmi is [[Tamil people\|Tamil]] and is an [[Obstetrics and gynecology\|obstetrician and gynecologist]] by profession.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.chennaionline.com/columns/variety/variety9.asp \|title=Chennai Online \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209040153/http://archives.chennaionline.com/columns/variety/variety9.asp \|archivedate=2009-02-09}}</ref>		Shyamalan was born in a [[Hindu]] household in [[Mahé, India\|Mahé]], [[Puducherry]], [[India]].<ref name=bio /><ref>Bamberger, Michael. ''The Man Who Heard Voices: Or, How M. Night Shyamalan Risked His Career on a Fairy Tale'' (Gotham Books, New York, 2006), p. 150.</ref> His father, Nelliate C. Shyamalan is a [[Malayali]] traditional physician ([[Vaidyar]]) from Mahé. His mother, Jayalakshmi is [[Tamil people\|Tamil]] and is an [[Obstetrics and gynecology\|obstetrician and gynecologist]] by profession.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.chennaionline.com/columns/variety/variety9.asp \|title=Chennai Online \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209040153/http://archives.chennaionline.com/columns/variety/variety9.asp \|archivedate=2009-02-09}}</ref>

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{{Infobox actor
| image =M. Night Shyamalan.jpg
| imagesize = 220px
| caption = M. Night Shyamalan, 2008
| birthname = Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1970|8|6}}
| birth_place = [[Mahé, India|Mahé]], [[Puducherry]], [[India]]<ref name=bio>{{cite news|url= http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2009/feb/20need-for-a-dev-patel-in-the-life-of-pi.htm|title= The need for a Dev Patel in the Life of Pi|date= 2009-02-20|work=[[Rediff]]}}</ref>
| occupation = [[Film director]], [[film producer|producer]], [[screenwriter]] and [[actor]]
| spouse = Bhavna Vaswani (1993-Present)
|website=http://www.mnightshyamalan.com
}}
'''Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan''' ({{pron-en|ˈʃɑːməlɑːn}}; മനോജ്‌ നെല്ലിയാട്ടു ശ്യാമളന്‍, Mitur Ben Es-Derti {{lang-ta|மனோஜ் நெல்லியட்டு ஷ்யாமளன்}},'''Latin English''': ''Maṉōj Nelliyāṯṯu Ṣiyāmaḷaṉ'', born 6 August 1970), known professionally as '''M. Night Shyamalan''', is an [[United States|American]] filmmaker and [[screenwriter]] who resides and works primarily in the United States. He is known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots that climax with a [[twist ending]]. Some of his notable movies are ''[[The Sixth Sense]]'' (1999), ''[[Unbreakable (movie)|Unbreakable]]'' (2000), ''[[Signs (movie)|Signs]]'' (2002), ''[[The Village (2004 film)|The Village]]'' (2004), ''[[Lady in the Water]]'' (2006), ''[[The Happening (2008 film)|The Happening]]'' (2008) and ''[[The Last Airbender]]'' (2010). He is also known for filming his movies (and staging his plots) in and around [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], where he was raised.

==Early Life==
Shyamalan was born in a [[Hindu]] household in [[Mahé, India|Mahé]], [[Puducherry]], [[India]].<ref name=bio /><ref>Bamberger, Michael. ''The Man Who Heard Voices: Or, How M. Night Shyamalan Risked His Career on a Fairy Tale'' (Gotham Books, New York, 2006), p. 150.</ref> His father, Nelliate C. Shyamalan is a [[Malayali]] traditional physician ([[Vaidyar]]) from Mahé. His mother, Jayalakshmi is [[Tamil people|Tamil]] and is an [[Obstetrics and gynecology|obstetrician and gynecologist]] by profession.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/columns/variety/variety9.asp |title=Chennai Online |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209040153/http://archives.chennaionline.com/columns/variety/variety9.asp |archivedate=2009-02-09}}</ref>

==Movies==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Film
! [[Film director|Director]]
! [[Film producer|Producer]]
! [[Screenwriter|Writer]]
! [[Actor]]
! Role
! Notes
|-
|[[1992 in film|1992]]
|''[[Praying with Anger]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Dev Raman
|
|-
|[[1998 in film|1998]]
|''[[Wide Awake (1998 film)|Wide Awake]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1999 in film|1999]]
|''[[The Sixth Sense]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Dr. Hill
|
|-
|''[[Stuart Little (movie)|Stuart Little]]''
|
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|[[2000 in film|2000]]
|''[[Unbreakable (movie)|Unbreakable]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Stadium [[drug dealer]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2002 in film|2002]]
|''[[Signs (movie)|Signs]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Ray Reddy
|
|-
|''[[The Four Feathers (2002 movie)|The Four Feathers]]''
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[2004 in film|2004]]
|''[[The Village (2004 movie)|The Village]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Jay (Guard at desk)
|
|-
|[[2006 in film|2006]]
|''[[Lady in the Water]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Vick Ran/The Vessel
|
|-
|[[2008 in film|2008]]
|''[[The Happening (2008 movie)|The Happening]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Joey
|[[Voice actor|Voice]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2010 in film|2010]]
|''[[The Last Airbender]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Firebender at Earth Prison Camp
|
|-
|''[[Devil (2010 film)|Devil]]''
|
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|
|Only credited for story concept; not screenplay
|-
|[[2013 in film|2013]]
|''[[After Earth]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|2015
|''[[The Visit]]''
|-
|}

===Other projects===

*[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]
*[[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]]

==Other websites==

{{Commons category|M. Night Shyamalan}}
*{{imdb|0796117|M. Night Shyamalan}}
*[http://www.mnightshyamalan.com M. Night Shyamalan: The Official Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214134615/http://www.mnightshyamalan.com/ |date=2009-12-14 }}
*[http://www.mnight.com M. Night Shyamalan Online]
*[http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/jul/21/night_vision_director_turns_personal_bedtime_story/ 2006 M. Night Shyamalan interview] (Interview with Jon Niccum)
*[http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/66795/06_2008/dark_night1/meet-the-man-who-sends-shivers-down-your-spine.html Interview with Rajeev Masand on CNN-IBN/ibnlive.com]
*[http://www.sci-fi-online.com/00_interviews/08-10-29_m-night-shyamalan.htm M. Night Shyamalan Interview] at www.sci-fi-online.com

==References==
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