Night Shyamalan
Night Shyamalan
Manoj Shyamalan, known professionally as M. Night Shyamalan, is an Indian-American film director, screenwriter, producer and occasional actor known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots. His major films include the supernatural thriller The Sixth Sense, the superhero drama thriller Unbreakable, the science fiction thriller Signs, the psychological thriller The Village, the fantasy thriller Lady in the Water, the natural thriller The Happening, the fantasy adventure film The Last Airbender, the sci-fi action-adventure film After Earth, the found-footage horror film...
american-director fills fourteen looking
When they see those fourteen lights, they're looking at a miracle. And deep down, they feel that whatever's going to happen, there will be someone there to help them. And that fills them with hope.
months movies normal
My normal cycle for movies is eighteen months and each part is separate.
If ever I was feeling down I would go and write something. It's a form of escape.
ended
If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
experience gives impossible prefer separate sound
The combination of the CGI, 3-D, and sound effects, it's just impossible to separate them. It gives you a more immersive experience, and I prefer that.
pilots shows direct
I've been asked to direct pilots for a lot of shows.
cutting directors minutes
I'm so consistent that my director's cuts are usually 20-25 minutes longer than the released version of the movies.
guy film died
I always thought I was going to be the film guy until I died.
men mad tone
I love The Killing, I love Homeland and Mad Men, all those shows that lean into the tone of things.
want bunch
I want to make a bunch of small movies. I'm really interested in that for me in the future.
kids writing wife
I wouldn't describe myself as a do-gooder. That's really more my wife. I'm kind of just the obsessed guy who's been writing and making movies since I was a little kid, just in a room and make it.
character law actors
Great actors come with depth about how their character sees the world, and they completely defend it. They could defend it in a court of law, down to the reason the patient deserved this.
character frustration color
A TV show where all of the characters are trying to figure out what's going on, and the suspense of that, fits my [voice] really well. You feel their frustration, anger and fear, and then, when the reveal happens, their sense of dread or horror, or whatever it is, and I like to paint with those colors.
independent filmmaker
I consider myself an independent filmmaker.