What is M. Night Shyamalan?
{{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),<!--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== 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 Book