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Indian Genius is directed by Night Shyamalan.

Do you like to learn about interesting people? We have prepared for you the biography and history of the famous film director M. Night Shyamalan!

Biography of acclaimed director M. Night Shyamalan

The creative work of M. Night Shyamalan is unique in its own way: it contains both blockbusters that have been commercially successful and, at the same time, a huge number of Golden Raspberry awards. The director has become known for the unusual plots of his films and their exciting denouements.

Shyamalan at a film conference
Shyamalan at a film conference

Childhood and teenage years of the director 

Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan was born on 6 August 1970 in Mahe, India to a family of medical professionals. His father was of Malayali origin and worked as a neurologist, while his mother had a medical profession as an obstetrician-gynaecologist. When Manoj was just one and a half months old his parents moved to the U.S.The boy was brought up as a Hindu, and later attended a private Roman Catholic grammar school and then the Episcopal boarding school, which was located in the town of Penn Valley, Pennsylvania. Although raised as a Hindu, he attended a private Roman Catholic grammar school and then the Bishops' boarding school in Merion Township.

Knight Shyamalan as a young man
Knight Shyamalan as a young man

While studying at New York University, Shyamalan was quite successful in the educational process, for which he received a scholarship. At the same time, he discovered his passion for creativity, and in 1992 he became a an alumnus of the Tisch School of the Arts. In those days he came up with the pseudonym Knight, as it was many times easier to call him by that name. He later changed his name in official documentation as well.

Shyamalan's film career

For the first time the guy began to think about a career in the film industry in his youth, having received at the disposal of the device Super 8. In this case, the head of the family wanted the guy to continue the dynasty of doctors, but his mother shared his creative desires. When the young man was 17 years old, he's shot about 50 small home movieswhich resembled the style of Steven Spielberg's example for a young man. And already studying at the university, Knight became the author of semi-autobiographical drama "Furious Prayer". The money for this project then he had to borrow from his mates and parents.

Knight's on set
Knight's on set

Shyamalan gained international recognition with the release of the thriller "The Sixth Sense."starring Bruce Willis. The film was nominated for prizes "Oscar." и "Golden Globe." hell in eight nominations, but never received a statuette. At the beginning of the new century, Shyamalan gave an interview to Howard Stern, during which he revealed that Spielberg had made him an offer to participate in writing the script for one of the instalments "Indiana Jones.". Although the film had a solid box office performance, the plot itself was considered very weak by critics.

After the tapes were released "The Mysterious Forest." и "Signs."Knight had plans to adapt a Yann Martel novel. "Life of Pi.". The project attracted him because it was about a boy born in the director's hometown. In the end, Shyamalan decided on the auteur thriller "Water Girl."where the author also appeared in the camera lens. However, this role was "awarded" the "Golden Raspberry" as the worst male 2nd plan.

Career setbacks

After that, Knight's career went on a streak of failure. The film "Apparition", which told of an epidemic that led to suicide, was a complete failure at the box office. On the opinion of critics did not affect even the star cast.
A turning point in this list of failures as a director came after the film The Visit. It describes the journey of a brother and sister to their grandparents. But almost immediately after arriving at the elderly relatives, they begin to realise that something is wrong with them, but what exactly - it is not clear. Journalists characterised the picture as a funny and gloomy fairy tale, where Shyamalan's authorial hand is perfectly traced, his recognisable artistic techniqueswhen he created a symbiosis between comedy and horror.

Shyamalan at a film conference
Shyamalan at a film conference

In 2017, fans waited for the long-awaited sequel to the story of the people affected by the Eastrail 177 train crash - 'Split'. According to the film's writer, his plot was entirely authored. But that's not quite the case. There is a mixture of two classic stories here: the man with multiple personalities, Billy Milligan, and John Fowles' novel The Collector.
In 2019, Knight's list of works was enriched with an exciting new project. This is the drama series "A house with servants.". According to the scriptwriter's plan, the story was based on the story of very young parents who lost their firstborn. Literally from the very first episode this series was able to attract the attention of the audience.

Knight's Personal Life

This area of life got better for Knight when he married his wife. Bhavne VaswaniThe couple celebrated their wedding anniversary in early March 1993. The couple celebrated their wedding in early March 1993. now they have three heirs. The girls Ishana и Saleka followed in their father's footsteps in their creative endeavours. Saleka had a successful career in music, performing concerts, while Ishana tried her hand at acting and directing.
Once, during a media interaction that took place during a break in the shooting of "The Mysterious Forest," Shyamalan revealed that as a child, he had nearly drowned in a pond in winter. He suffered a clinical death and during this time he communicated with spirits, which encouraged him to later make films about the supernatural.

A director at a photo shoot
A director at a photo shoot

But it all turned out to be a fake, which was soon exposed. It turned out that it was part of a plan of marketers who wanted to attract attention to this film Knight.

М. Knight Shyamalan these days - how he lives and what he does for a living

In the past year, Shyamalan continued his creative work. The second season of the TV series was released. "A house with servants.". In addition to Knight, other writers worked on it. In particular, the screenwriter's daughter took part in the creation of two episodes. The father was pleased with the fact that his heiress contributed to the project, and noted that it was not in vain that she literally grew up on the set.

The director's new creation was also presented to the public, titled "Time.". The main roles in the film went to Elise Scanlen, Gael Garcia Bernal and Rufus Sewell. The basis for the picture were comic books from the French poet Pierre Oscar Levy and master graphic artist Frederick Peters. The audience watched the thrilling storyline about a strange beachIt was located on an island where tourists who wanted privacy came to visit.

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