Are Andrei Konchalovsky and M. Night Shyamalan both film directors?
M. Night Shyamalan Manoj Nelliyattu "M. Night" Shyamalan ( ; ; "Maṉōj Nelliyāṭṭu Śyāmaḷaṉ"; Tamil: மனோஜ் நெல்லியட்டு ஷியாமளன் ; Malayalam: മനോജ് നെല്ലിയാട്ട് ശ്യാമളന്‍ born 6 August 1970) is an Indian American film director, screenwriter, author, producer, and actor known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots and surprise endings. His most well-received films include the supernatural horror thriller "The Sixth Sense" (1999), the superhero drama thriller "Unbreakable" (2000), and the science fiction thriller "Signs" (2002). Afterwards, Shyamalan released a series of poorly received but sometimes financially successful movies, including the historical drama-horror film "The Village" (2004), the fantasy film "Lady in the Water" (2006), the disaster film "The Happening" (2008), the film adaptation of "The Last Airbender" (2010), and the science-fiction film "After Earth" (2013). Following the financial failure of "After Earth," Shyalaman's career was revived with the release of the found footage horror "The Visit" (2015) and the psychological horror "Split" (2016), the latter of which is set in the same universe as his previous film "Unbreakable". He is also known for producing "Devil" (2010), as well as being instrumental in the creation of the Fox science fiction series "Wayward Pines.
Jeremy Kipp Walker Jeremy Kipp Walker is a New York-based film producer and director. His recent producing credits include "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" (Focus Features) starring Zach Galifianakis; "Half Nelson" (THINKFilm) for which Ryan Gosling received a 2007 Best Actor Academy Award nomination; "Cold Souls" (Samuel Goldwyn Films) starring Paul Giamatti; Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden's Dominican baseball odyssey "Sugar" (HBO Films); Moroccan-based thriller "The Passage" (THINKFilm) and the space thriller "Europa Report" (Magnolia Pictures). Walker recently directed his first feature film "The History of Future Folk" (Variance Films), about the acoustic space duo "Future Folk". The film was co-directed with J. Anderson Mitchell with whom he previously directed the award-winning short films "Super Powers" and "Goodnight Bill". His physical production credits include the HBO Films projects "Maria Full of Grace", "Everyday People" and "Angel Rodriguez" as well as Woody Allen's features "Hollywood Ending" and "Curse of the Jade Scorpion".