Sam Mercer

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Sam Mercer
BornJanuary 15, 1955
Died (aged 69)
OccupationsFilm producer, location manager
Known forProducer 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

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

  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.
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