# List of awards and nominations received by M. Night Shyamalan

This is a List of awards and nominations received by M. Night Shyamalan.
M. Night Shyamalan is Indian American film director, screenwriter, author, producer, and actor. Throughout his career he has received several awards including for four Razzie Awards as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and a Golden Globe Awards.
Shyamalan gained acclaim and a career breakthrough for his third directorial feature, the psychological thriller The Sixth Sense (1999) and earned nominations for two Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. He was also nominated for BAFTA Awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay as well as nominations for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, and Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay and also received the Empire Award for Best Director
Since the release of The Sixth Sense (1999), he has received career fluctuations with his critical reception leaning towards mixed to negative. He won four Golden Raspberry Awards or also known as "Razzie Awards" for Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor for the fantasy thriller Lady in the Water (2006), and Worst Director and Worst Screenplay the action adventure fantasy The Last Airbender (2010). He was Razzie-nominated for the supernatural thriller The Happening (2008), the post-apocalyptic action film After Earth (2013), and the horror thriller film The Visit (2015).

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2000 | Best Director | The Sixth Sense | Nominated | |
| 2000 | Best Original Screenplay | The Sixth Sense | Nominated | |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2000 | Best Direction | The Sixth Sense | Nominated | |
| 2000 | Best Original Screenplay | The Sixth Sense | Nominated | |

### Directors Guild of America

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1999 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | The Sixth Sense | Nominated | |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2000 | Best Screenplay | The Sixth Sense | Nominated | |

### Razzie Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2007 | Worst Picture | Lady in the Water | Nominated |
| 2007 | Worst Director | Lady in the Water | Won |
| 2007 | Worst Screenplay | Lady in the Water | Nominated |
| 2007 | Worst Supporting Actor | Lady in the Water | Won |
| 2009 | Worst Picture | The Happening | Nominated |
| 2009 | Worst Director | The Happening | Nominated |
| 2009 | Worst Screenplay | The Happening | Nominated |
| 2011 | Worst Picture | The Last Airbender | Won |
| 2011 | Worst Director | The Last Airbender | Won |
| 2011 | Worst Screenplay | The Last Airbender | Won |
| 2011 | Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel | The Last Airbender | Nominated |
| 2014 | Worst Picture | After Earth | Nominated |
| 2014 | Worst Director | After Earth | Nominated |
| 2014 | Worst Screenplay | After Earth | Nominated |
| 2016 | Razzie Redeemer Award | The Visit | Nominated |

### Writers Guild of America

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2000 | Best Original Screenplay | The Sixth Sense | Nominated | |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Amanda Awards | 1999 | Best Foreign Feature Film | The Sixth Sense | Nominated |
| Annie Awards | 1999 | Writing in a Feature Production | Stuart Little | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Awards | 1999 | Best Screenplay | The Sixth Sense | Won |
| Bram Stoker Awards | 2000 | Best Screenplay | Unbreakable | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Awards | 2002 | Best Screenplay | Signs | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | 1999 | Best Screenplay | The Sixth Sense | Nominated |
| Chlotrudis Awards | 1999 | Best Screenplay | The Sixth Sense | Nominated |
| Christopher Awards | 2002 | Best Film Shared with Frank Marshall, Sam Mercer & Kathleen Kennedy | Signs | Won |
| Empire Awards | 1999 | Best Director | The Sixth Sense | Won |
| Empire Awards | 2002 | Best Director | Signs | Nominated |
| Empire Awards | 2004 | Best Director | The Village | Nominated |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | 2015 | Best Wide-Release Film | The Visit | Nominated |
| Hugo Awards | 1999 | Best Dramatic Presentation | The Sixth Sense | Nominated |
| Nebula Awards | 1999 | Best Script | The Sixth Sense | Won |
| Nebula Awards | 2000 | Best Script | Unbreakable | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 1999 | Best Screenplay | The Sixth Sense | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2002 | Best Screenplay | Signs | Nominated |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | 2000 | Sonny Bono Visionary Award | Himself | Won |
| Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | 2002 | Best Genre Film | Signs | Nominated |
| Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | 2015 | Best Movie | The Visit | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 1999 | Best Screenplay, Original | The Sixth Sense | Won |
| Saturn Awards | 1999 | Best Writing | The Sixth Sense | Nominated |
| SFX Awards | 2002 | Best SF or Fantasy Film Director | Signs | Nominated |
| ShoWest Convention | 2006 | Director of the Year | Himself | Won |
| Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | 2006 | Worst Director | Lady in the Water | Nominated |
| Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | 2006 | Worst Screenplay | Lady in the Water | Nominated |