M Night Shyamalan born Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan, on August 6, 1970 in Pondicherry, India is a screen writer and director. He is best known for his work on the movies The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, and The Village.Hallmarks of Shyamalans films include unexpected plot twists, realistic treatment of horror or science fiction themes, camera shots taken at unique angles, and a cameo appearance by Shyamalan himself in each film. His movies are also noted for their sharp screen play, effective background score, and film editing. The movie The Sixth Sense, which tells about a boys interaction with spirits, hardly used computer animation or a loud background score. On each of Shyamalans DVDs is also a short home movie made when he was a youngster, which are often as humorous as they are intriguing.Shyamalan was raised in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania, United States a suburb of Philadelphia after his doctor parents emigrated to the United States. Shyamalan attended New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts. It was here that he made up his middle name, Night. Shyamalan is married to Bhavna.

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