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Manoj Nelliyattu "M. Night" Shyamalan, is an American filmmaker and actor. He is known for making original films with contemporary supernatural plots and twist endings. He was born in Mahé, India, and raised in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania. He made his directorial debut in 1992 with his first movie Praying with Anger. His second movie was the comedy-drama film Wide Awake (1998). His most well-received films include the supernatural thriller The Sixth Sense (1999), the superhero thriller Unbreakable (2000), and the science fiction thriller Signs (2002). Afterward, Shyamalan released a series of poorly received but sometimes financially successful movies, including the period-piece thriller The Village (2004), the dark fantasy Lady in the Water (2006), the eco-thriller The Happening (2008), The Last Airbender (2010), and the science fiction film After Earth (2013). Following the financial failure of After Earth, Shyamalan's career was revived with the release of the found-footage horror film The Visit (2015), the psychological thriller Split (2016), and the superhero thriller Glass (2019). Glass is the third and final chapter of his Unbreakable film series, which commenced in 2000. In addition to his directorial work, Shyamalan was a story creator and a producer for the horror film Devil (2010). Shyamalan was also called in for an uncredited rewrite for the teen film She's All That (1999) and also served as a writer for the film Stuart Little (1999). Shyamalan is also known for filming and setting his films in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Most of his commercially successful films were co-produced and released by Walt Disney Studios' Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures and Universal imprints. In 2008, Shyamalan was awarded the Padma Shri by the government of India.
Doors is a 2024 American gothic supernatural horror film written, co-produced, and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, and starring Anne Hathaway, Alex Vincent, Bill Moseley, Jeffrey Wright, Andy Serkis, and Jamie Lee Curtis. It follows four individuals who are terrorized by an unknown presence in a hotel they are staying in, and they realize they must escape to survive. One of them is Vivian Kyle (Hathaway), who seeks the help of her mother Willow (Curtis) as she is an exorcist for spirits. Doors was released to theaters on May 30th, 2024, to critical and universal acclaim, earning praise for its atmosphere, Shyamalan's direction, visuals, James Newton Howard's musical score, cinematography, emotional depth, Hathaway's performance, and surprise plot twist. It was also a box-office success, grossing $745 million worldwide against a budget of $189 million and a break-even point of $200 million. Many have considered it to be Shyamalan's best horror film of all time, as it is the highest-rated horror film in his career based on rotten tomatoes, behind his best-reviewed film, Gods.
