Born in India in 1970, M. Night Shyamalan later moved to the United States, where he became a filmmaker and screenwriter known for focusing on supernatural plots. By the time he graduated from New York University in 1993, he had already written, directed and starred in his first full-length feature, Praying With Anger. Shyamalan truly made a name for himself in 1999 with the release of The Sixth Sense, his most well-known film, which went on to garner six Academy Award nominations.