Blockbuster: M. Night Shyamalan

Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan (born 6 August 1970), known professionally as M. Night Shyamalan, is a two-time Academy Award nominated Indian-born American filmmaker and script writer of major studio films, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots that usually climax with a twist ending.

Shyamalan had an early desire to be a filmmaker when he was given a Super-8 camera at a young age. Though his father wanted Shyamalan to follow in the family practice of medicine, his mother encouraged Shyamalan to follow his passion. By the time he was 17, Shyamalan, who had been a fan of Steven Spielberg, had made 45 home movies. Beginning with The Sixth Sense, he has included a scene from one of these childhood films on each DVD release of his films, which he feels represents his first attempt at the same kind of film.

M. Night Shyamalan's The Best Movies: The Sixth Sense
Academy Awards for Directing (Oscar): -
Top Box Office: The Sixth Sense (1999) - $293,506,292
Guarantee the blockbuster: 65%
Favourite actor: "M. Night Shyamalan"
Actors who may thank him: Bruce Willis
Favourite actress: -
Actress who may thank him: -

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