M. Night Shyamalan Net Worth

M. Night Shyamalan's Quotes

• I play for a living...Success is tied to a feeling of magic, which I can protect.
• My hope is we broke so many rules we created a new rule.
• The idea is to always go for the thing that's risky. I want to be courageous and original. And original means, you don't know what 'colour' movie you just saw.
• Movie making is not like other artforms, like painting, or writing a novel, because that can be disgested or interpreted... It takes two years to make each one of these, and it's always judged on money.
• All of my movies have made money, and that's important for me - it's my job to make money for the studio...

Interesting Facts about M. Night Shyamalan

1. Episcopal Academy, where Shyamalan was sent, is actually a private academy that is affiliated with the Episcopalian Church. It is a private school in Lower Merion, PA, one of the wealthiest suburbs in the U.S. and home at one time or another to the likes of Kobe Bryant and Blythe Danner, among others.
2. Shymalan lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania, part of the affluent "Main Line" suburban region of Philadelphia.
3. His parents, wife, and 9 other family members are MDs and/or Ph.Ds.
4. Name pronounced "SHAH-ma-lawn".
5. His middle name "Night" was made up during college.
6. Has made on-screen appearances in several of his own movies, beginning with a lead role in his debut feature, Praying with Anger (1992), and including subsequent supporting roles and cameo appearances in the films The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Signs (2002), The Village (2004) and Lady in the Water (2006).
7. One of the first scripts he sold was called "Labor of Love" about a man who walks across country to prove his love for his recently deceased wife. As of January 2017, it has still not been made.
8. Graduated from New York University.
9. He is an avid comic book fan, which was made apparent in his film Unbreakable (2000).
10. After attending private schools Waldron and then Episcopal Acaedmy, he received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the latter in 2001.
11. The silver charm worn around his neck was given to him by his father and contains Sanskrit proverbs to keep him safe.
12. Became the highest paid screenwriter in Hollywood when Disney gave him $5 million to write Signs (2002).
13. Son of Jayalakshmi Shyamalan and Nelliate C. Shyamalan.
14. Said in the bonus disk that the movie Unbreakable (2000) was made from what started as only the first third of the original script. He said he felt no connection to the last two thirds of the text and decided to discard them.
15. Ranked #21 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #64 in 2002.
16. Ranked #23 in Premiere's 2004 annual Power 100 List. He was the 5th-highest ranked director. Had ranked #21 in 2003.
17. Favorite film of all time is Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
18. His three supernatural thrillers, The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), and Signs (2002), grossed over $1.3 billion worldwide.
19. Has in his office posters from 3 of his most favorite movies: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), The Exorcist (1973), and Die Hard (1988).
20. Made many films using a video camera when he was young. When his theatrical films go to DVD, he puts in a scene from one of his childhood films that marks his first attempt at the same kind of movie. The Sixth Sense (1999) includes the ghost story Nightmare on Old Gulf, Unbreakable (2000) includes the action movie Millionaire, Signs (2002) includes the monster movie Pictures, and The Village includes an untitled period piece.