Knight Shyamalan Biography

St. Petersburg 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St. Knight Shyamalan, the director of Indian origin, purposefully and consistently tried to conquer Hollywood from the very beginning of his career. The first works of M. Knight Shyamalan remained unnoticed for the audience. But everything changed in the year when the thriller “Sixth Seli” was released, which received six nominations for Oscar.

The director of the film with an unexpected ending, the director fixed his reputation next year with the painting "Invulnerable." But the further career of the director developed unevenly: over 7 years he has made a swift path from the nominee for Oscar to the winner of the Anti -Premium, Golden Raspberry. The larger the budget of the projects became, the worse the films turned out to be: if the “mysterious forest” and “signs” positively affected the reputation of Shyamalan, then the “girl from the water” and “lord of the elements” almost destroyed it.

Director M. Then the films “Split” and “Glass” were released, which completed the trilogy, begun “invulnerable”. Since then, critics have been wary of him, recognizing the “uneven” filmmaker - from his prime minister could be expected both incredible success and deafening success. For a year, one of the most anticipated films in the career of Shyamalan was planned - a thriller “Trap” with Josh Hartnet in the title role.

In the early years, Manoja Nelliyta Shyamalan was born on August 6 in the Indian city of MAE in the allied territory of Pontishery. His father, Nelliat S. Shyamalan, was a small man by origin, by profession - a neurologist. Mother, an ethnic tamilka, was also close to medicine, worked as a midwife gynecologist. 6 weeks after the birth of their son, parents decided to emigrate to the United States.

The future director grew up in the Penn-Walley district, in Pennsylvania. The boy’s family was brought up in the Hindu faith, and he studied at a private Catholic gymnasium, and later in the episcopal boarding house. In both schools, the boy felt like an outcast: teachers constantly emphasized that Shyamalan is a Gentile. Fortunately, in adolescence, he found a hobby that, as a result, has forever changed his life.

At 14, I escorted my grandmother at the airport. There I went into the bookstore and stumbled upon the book of Spike Lee, capturing the memories of his early directorial experience. If I had not discovered this book, then perhaps I would not become a director. On it, the young man took off his first paintings, trying to imitate his idol Stephen Spielberg. For two years, Shyamalan took off 45 home short taps, even then concentrated on a mystical theme, and firmly decided to connect life with the cinema.

Mom supported his hobby for the young man, but his father hoped that his son would follow in his footsteps, to medicine, and was disappointed. For success in his studies, Manoja received a scholarship and was able to enter the New York University of the year. He also studied at a local art school, which he graduated from the year. The first films of the year in India Shyamalan made his first full -length film.

The tape “Furious Prayer” about the young Indian from Philadelphia, who tried to find his roots in the homeland of his ancestors, is semi -automatic, and Shyamalan himself played the central role. He took money for the production of the picture from his family and friends. After 6 years, the young director released the second full -length “Awakening” about the little boy, who, after the death of his grandfather, decided to find God.

The tape failed at the box office and remained unnoticed for most viewers. In an attempt to beat Hollywood and find “his” genre, the director managed to realize as a screenwriter. He finalized the plot of the youth comedy of the year “This is all of it”: as Shyamalan admitted 15 years later, he became a “literary black man”, because his name was not even indicated in the credits.

M. also helped Bruce Willis to take place. Shyamalan met with the Hollywood actor on the set of his third film “The Sixth Feeling”. On the plot of the mystical thriller, the director prompted one of the episodes of the series “Are you afraid of darkness? The premiere of the film, released in the year, had the effect of an exploding bomb. Shyamalans spoke both ordinary spectators and critics.

Especially noted his unusual approach to mysticism and an unexpected plot turn in the finale, which caused a storm of emotions. The tape has collected many nominations on the film award, including brought its creator the first nomination for Oscar in the category of "Best Director". However, the case in the year came to the receipt of the cherished figurine: then Sam Mendes took the award for the film “Beauty in American”.

Meanwhile, in the same year, the indefatigable director released a new film and again with Bruce Willis in the title role. It was a thriller “invulnerable”, where Samuel L. compiled a star, although this time the picture did not make such strong impressions, Shyamalan firmly entrenched in Hollywood, proving that the success of the “sixth feelings” was not an accident. The director was able to meet with his idol - Stephen Spielberg.

He attracted a young colleague to work on the script "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull." The tape gathered a good box office, but was defeated by critics.In the year, the director worked with other Hollywood celebrities: Call Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix.

The actors starred in the thriller of the director “Signs”, who set a record for fees among the works of Shyamalan: in the box office the picture earned more than a million dollars. After a couple of years, the director released the film “The Mysterious Forest” about a group of people afraid to leave their village. By this time, Shyamalan had already entrenched the glory of the master of mysticism, which he confirmed with his every work.

The tape was financially successful, but already begun to receive ambiguous reviews of critics, noting that the director began to be repeated. In the same period, M. Knight was going to work on the film adaptation of Roman Yanna Marthel “Life Pi”, but in the end he abandoned this idea for the sake of another film. This is the story of a child born in the same city as me. But I hesitated because the book has a rather strange ending, ”the director admitted.

The director’s crisis in the year released the fantasy-triller “Girl from the Water”, having worked again on the site with Bryce Dallas Howard. Other roles in the picture went to Jeffrey Wright and Paul Jamatti. The story of a water nymph and a resident of a residential building turned into a failure. The film could not recoup the budget, critics spread it. Shyamalan got a portion of negativity, not only as a director, but also to the actor-he played a month writer.

The tape received four nominations for the Golden Raspberry Award. Knight won two: in the categories "The worst director" and "The worst actor of the second plan." Due to the failure, the director’s negotiations fell on the filming of Harry Potter and the Hall Prince. Shyamalan was repeatedly close to the franchise: he was examined for the production of Potteriana’s very first film in the year, but then he was focused on work on the “invulnerable”.

Since the beginning of the 10ths, a black strip has come in the director’s work. He began to work mainly on large -budget projects, and each new premiere turned into an unchanged failure. This referred to the fantasy film “Obliger of the Elements”, which received 5 Golden Raspberries, including “The Worst Film,” and to the drama with Will and Jaden Smiths “After our era”, which also noted in anti-commissments.

Critics emphasized that Shyamalan does not succeed in staging large -scale and dynamic scenes. After the "Girls from the Water" they said that I was an egoist and charlatan. After the "lord of the elements" I am again a worthless director. Critics quit the reviews from side to side that they cannot be taken seriously. This forced the director to return to what he did well - the shooting of inexpensive mystical thrillers with a recognizable viscous atmosphere.

The heyday of his career in the year was released by the horror film “Visit”, the story of children who were sent to stay to their grandparents, where they were faced with an unexpected trick. The film became the smallest work of Shyamalan’s career - only $ 5 million. At the box office, the tape collected almost a million and was caressed by critics.

Experts noted that Shyamalan was able to "return the lost branded handwriting." The director was even nominated for a prize to restore the reputation of the Golden Raspberries. In the year, the director released the painting "Split" with James McEvo in the title role. In this thriller, partly inspired by the novel “The Multiple Milligan Memoirs,” the actor masterfully played a character with a multiple personality disorder.

With a budget of $ 9 million, the film raised million at the box office, and also received a nomination for the Saturn Award as the best thriller. Three years later, the Glass tape was released, which became the final part of Shyamalan's trilogy, which began the film “Invulgar”, and continued “Split”. Bruce Willis, Samuel L. returned to their roles.

Jackson and James Makeva. The premiere was financially successful, but critics noted her secondaryness and a sense of disappointment when viewing. The same ambiguous reviews were about the picture “Time”, which was released in the year. The plot narrated about people who find themselves on an island, where you can get old in just a couple of days. The thriller “Knock on the door”, whose release took place in the year, although it received praise for the atmosphere of Sasapse and the acting of Dave Batista, Jonathan Groff and other stars, was criticized for the script.

In the reviews of Shyamalan, they began to call an “uneven director”, from the prime minister of which “it is not known what to expect.” The director had experience in the series. The picture lasted on the screens for four seasons and received the average ratings of the audience. The personal life of M. Knight Shyamalan Shyamalan met his second half while studying at New York University.

In the year, he married Bhavna Vaswani, a psychologist of Indian origin. Three years later, they had the eldest daughter of Salek.