M. Night Shyamalan filmography
M. Night Shyamalan is an Indian-American filmmaker, philanthropist, and actor who began his career in the 1990s, making his directorial debut with "Praying with Anger" in 1992, a film he wrote, produced, and starred in. In 1999, he rose to prominence with "The Sixth Sense", a film for which he was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, both of which he lost respectively to Sam Mendes and Alan Ball, the creators of "American Beauty". After writing "Stuart Little" (1999), Shyamalan wrote, directed, and produced "Unbreakable", a superhero film that  received critical acclaim and spawned the "Eastrail 177 Trilogy". Shortly after the release of "Unbreakable", Shyamalan wrote, directed, and produced "Signs" (2002) and "The Village" (2004), which increased his popularity with moviegoers and further established him as a filmmaker known for his original twist endings. However, Shyamalan went on to create "Lady in the Water" (2006), "The Happening" (2008), "The Last Airbender" (2010), and "After Earth" (2013), films which received mostly negative reviews from critics and audiences, with "The Last Airbender" being considered one of the worst films ever made. In 2015, Universal Pictures released Shyamalan's next project, "The  Visit", which was a box office success, grossing $98.5million worldwide against a $5million budget. The studio then released two sequels to "Unbreakable"; "Split" in 2016 and "Glass" in 2019, before signing an additional two-film contract with Shyamalan that same year. The first film in the agreement, "Old", was released in 2021. The second, "Knock at the Cabin", is set to be released in 2023. Critical and public response. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>