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Biography

Manoj Nelliattu Shyamalan, writer, director, producer and screenwriter, was born August 6, 1970 in India. He was born to Nelliattu C. Shyamalan, a Malayalee…more

Born

8/6/1970, Mahé, Puducherry, India

Birth Name

Manoj Nelliattu Shyamalan

Gender

Male

Credits

Guest Star (9)

Role
- Canada AM
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 321 July 6, 2010
    7/6/10
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 51 Episode #2.051
    11/5/08
  - S 1: Ep 292 August 14, 2008
    8/14/08
- Entourage
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 4 Sorry, Harvey
    7/8/07
- The View
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 212 July 21, 2006
    7/21/06
  - S 7: Ep 219 Shyamalan/Howard
    7/26/04
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 89 M. Night Shyamalan
    7/18/06
- The Today Show
  Himself
  - S 55: Ep 141 July 17, 2006
    7/17/06
- The Academy Awards
  Himself
  - S 72: Ep 1 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards
    3/26/00
- 4Pop
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Hyvat geenit!
- The Howard Stern Show
  Himself
  - — 2004

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- Shymalan was inspired to make The Sixth Sense by the Are You Afriad Of The Dark? episode, The Tale Of The Dream Girl.
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- Shymalan has written a book called Lady in the Water: a bedtime story, which is what his movie Lady in the Water is based on.
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- Shyamalan has expressed an interest in filming the seventh Harry Potter film.
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- Shyamalan: Good cannot exist without evil and evil cannot exist without good.
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- Shyamalan: My hope is we broke so many rules we created a new rule.
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- Shyamalan: I play for a living...Success is tied to a feeling of magic, which I can protect.
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