M. Night Shyamalan

Manoj Nelliattu Shyamalan, known as M. Night Shyamalan (born 1970 in India), is a movie director who burst to fame with his 1999 hit drama The Sixth Sense. He is famous for films with dramatic plot twists, often based on the supernatural. Shaymalan is also known for appearing in his own films in a cameo role (or occasionally, a large role), and for almost every movie he makes being worse than the one before it.

The unusual middle name "Night" is a name he gave himself.

## Famous or notorious works[edit]

* The Sixth Sense (1999)
* Unbreakable (2000)
* Signs (2002)
* The Village (2004)
* The Last Airbender (2010)

## Devil (2010)[edit]

In 2010, the film Devil, directed by famed American horror director John Erick Dowdle was released. Shyamalan both produced and wrote the film. The plot of the film revolves around a belief that the devil walks the earth, hunting those who have sinned, bringing them together and torturing them before killing them one by one. Despite warm reception from liberals, the film contains many gross religious inaccuracies.