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Sam Mercer
American film producer · United States · On the map · Directors · Lived 1954 to 2024 · aged 70
Sam Mercer 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.
Sam Mercer is read about 22 times a day, in 9 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 June 2026
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The BFGFilm, Producer2014
Heaven Is for RealFilm, Producer2012
Snow White and the HuntsmanFilm, Producer2010
DevilFilm, Producer2008
The HappeningFilm, Producer2007
Things We Lost in the FireFilm, Producer2006
"Jarhead" DiariesFilm2004
The VillageFilm, Producer2003Making 'Signs'Film2002
SignsFilm, Producer2000
Mission to MarsFilm, Producer1999
The Sixth SenseFilm, Producer1997
The RelicFilm, Producer1995
CongoFilm, Producer1954BornPeople around Sam
Close ties
M. Night Shyamalan Sam produced The Village, Unbreakable and Signs
James Newton Howard Sam produced Unbreakable and The Happening
Frank Marshall Also in Congo, The Sixth Sense and Signs
Joaquin Phoenix Sam produced The Village and Signs
Bryce Dallas Howard Sam produced The Village and Lady in the Water
Kathleen Kennedy Also in The Sixth Sense and Signs
Cherry Jones Sam produced The Village and Signs
Frank Collison Sam produced The Village and The Happening
Barry Mendel Also in The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable
Jacob Vargas Sam produced Devil (2011)
Bruce Willis Sam produced Unbreakable (2000)
Sigourney Weaver Sam produced The Village (2004)
Halle Berry Sam produced Things We Lost in the Fire (2008)
Mel Gibson Sam produced Signs (2002)
Charlize Theron Sam produced Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
Mark Wahlberg Sam produced The Happening (2008)
Samuel L. Jackson Sam produced Unbreakable (2000)
Chris Hemsworth Sam produced Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
Ian McShane Sam produced Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
William Hurt Sam produced The Village (2004)
Mia Farrow Sam produced Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Sam produced Congo (1995)
Jemaine Clement Sam produced The BFG (2016)
Cliff Curtis Sam produced The Last Airbender (2010)
Known for
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The Sixth Sense 1999
Unbreakable 2000
Heaven Is for Real 2014
Jarhead 2005
Signs 2002
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 22
31 credits on file
About this person
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.
