Manoj Nelliyattu "M. Night" Shyamalan is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for making films with contemporary supernatural plots and twist endings. He was born in Mahé, India and raised in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania. His most well-received films include the supernatural thriller The Sixth Sense, the superhero thriller Unbreakable, the science fiction thriller Signs, and the historical thriller The Village.