M Night Shyamalan is an American filmmaker, of Indian origin. He is known for making films with mostly supernatural plots and endings with twists. He made his film debut in 1992, with the movie āPraying with Angerā. Over the years, he continued to release many films such as āThe Sixth Senseā, āUnbreakableā and āThe Last Airbenderā. He has also been a producer for the horror film āDevilā.Ā Ā
His best and critically acclaimed works are āThe Sixth Senseā (1999), āStuart Littleā (1999), āUnbreakableā (2000), āSignsā (2002) and āSplitā (2016). For āThe Sixth Senseā, he was nominated for two Academy Awards.Ā
His most commercially successful films are āStuart Littleā (1999), āThe Sixth Senseā (1999), āUnbreakableā (2000), āSignsā (2002), āThe Villageā (2004), āThe Happeningā (2008), āSplitā (2016) and āGlassā (2019). He has also seen failure. His 2006 film āLady in the Waterā, was a failure commercially and critically. Ā