Shyamalan

One thing you gotta say about the guy: he's definitely an auteur.  If you're into that kind of analysis of film and see film through the lens of the director, this is a guy who is making a body of work.  Yes, his films seem to have fallen apart from a purely commercial standpoint, but in terms of a director who deserves a section at a video store and who you can expect a certain type of formal expertise and themes which turn up in all of his work, his stuff is going to last.