Ishana Night Shyamalan '21 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) will direct The Watchers, an upcoming film adapted from the A.M. Shine novel. The project will mark her feature directorial debut and is set for release in June, 2024 by New Line Cinema.
The daugher of Oscar-nominated filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan '92 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), Ishana recently served as writer and director on the critically acclaimed Apple TV+ series Servant. Among the youngest-ever series writer/directors beginning at age 19, Shyamalan wrote or co-wrote ten episodes and directed six episodes, including two season finales. She also directed second unit on the hit features Old and Knock at the Cabin.