Sam Mercer

Sam Mercer (January 15, 1955 – February 12, 2024) was an American film producer of many films directed by M. Night Shyamalan such as The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs, as well as other films like Van Helsing and Things We Lost in the Fire. His career started during the early 1980s as a location manager and later advanced to a producer and executive producer. He also produced Shyamalan's films The Happening and The Last Airbender. He died from an early onset of Alzheimer's disease on February 12, 2024, at the age of 69.

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American film producer (1954/1955–2024)

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Sam Mercer
Born	January 15, 1955
Died	February 12, 2024 (aged 69)
Occupations	Film producer, location manager
Known for	Producer of films by M. Night Shyamalan

Sam Mercer (January 15, 1955 – February 12, 2024) was an American film producer of many films directed by M. Night Shyamalan such as The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs, as well as other films like Van Helsing and Things We Lost in the Fire.^[1] His career started during the early 1980s as a location manager and later advanced to a producer and executive producer. He also produced Shyamalan's films The Happening and The Last Airbender. He died from an early onset of Alzheimer's disease on February 12, 2024, at the age of 69.^[2][3]

Filmography

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Producer

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1995	Congo	Frank Marshall	Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture
1997	The Relic	Peter Hyams
2000	Unbreakable	M. Night Shyamalan	Nominated—IHG Award for Best Film
2002	Signs
2004	The Village
2006	Lady in the Water		Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture
2007	Things We Lost in the Fire	Susanne Bier
2008	The Happening	M. Night Shyamalan	Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture
2010	The Last Airbender		Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture
	Devil	John Erick Dowdle
2012	Sabbatical	Glenn Kiser	Short film
	Snow White and the Huntsman	Rupert Sanders
2014	Heaven Is for Real	Randall Wallace
2016	The BFG	Steven Spielberg

Executive producer

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1999	The Sixth Sense	M. Night Shyamalan
2000	Mission to Mars	Brian De Palma
2004	Van Helsing	Stephen Sommers
2005	Jarhead	Sam Mendes

References

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1. ^ "Industrial Light & Magic Names Producer Sam Mercer Head of Studio". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 September 2015. Archived from the original on 2020-02-08. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
2. ^ "Sam Mercer Dies: Producer On M. Night Shyamalan Films, ILM Exec & Location Manager On '80s Classics Was 69". Deadline. March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
3. ^ "Sam Mercer, Producer of M. Night Shyamalan Films, Dies at 69". The Hollywood Reporter. March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

External links

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• Sam Mercer at IMDb

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