How I Built Resilience: M. Night Shyamalan

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🗓️ 4 February 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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M. Night Shyamalan spoke with Guy as part of NPR's Storytelling Lounge at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Night is known for writing, producing and directing blockbuster films like The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Split. Despite his many successes, Night shares that he still faces self-doubt, fearing every new project may be his last. He spoke with Guy about the production of his new film Old and the new season of his Apple TV Plus show Servant, both of which were filmed during the pandemic.
These conversations are excerpts from our How I Built Resilience series, where Guy talks online with founders and industry leaders about how they're navigating turbulent times.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to how I built this early and ad-free on Amazon Music.
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0:09.0	New years is here, and with it brings the possibility of change.
0:13.0	As one behavioral scientist put it, first starts are really powerful.
0:17.0	So as you head into 2023, LifeKit is a great resource to help you plan your life and tackle changes, both big and small.
0:24.0	Listen to the LifeKit podcast from NPR.
0:27.0	Hey, everyone, and welcome to How I Built This Resilience Edition from NPR.
0:31.0	I'm Guy Razz.
0:32.0	And on these episodes, we're hearing from entrepreneurs and other interesting people about how they've been building resilience into their businesses during this very challenging time.
0:42.0	And today, my conversation with filmmaker M. Knight Shyamalan.
0:45.0	I spoke with M. Knight as part of NPR's Storytelling Lounge at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
0:51.0	Knight is an acclaimed filmmaker whose work includes the six cents, unbreakable, and split.
0:57.0	And more recently, he's entered the world of television with his Apple TV Plus series Servant, now in its second season.
1:04.0	Before he became a blockbuster film director, producer, and writer,
1:08.0	Knight grew up outside Philadelphia, where, as his fans know, many of his stories take place.
1:14.0	And as a kid, he loved recreating and filming his favorite movies in his spare time.
1:20.0	I wanted to start briefly with a little bit about your story, because you really developed a passion for filmmaking as a kid, right?
1:27.0	You had like a super-aid camera at home.
1:29.0	I had one when I was a little kid. I used to play around with it.
1:31.0	Unlike you, I didn't make 45 movies on it by the age of 17.
1:36.0	How did you just fall in love with that camera and making movies as a kid? How did that happen?
1:42.0	I think it was a confluence of when I was born and the natural feeling towards storytelling
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