Sam Mercer

{{Short description|American film producer (1954/1955–2024)}}

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| name = Sam Mercer

| birth_date = January 15, 1955

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| death_date = {{Death date and given age|2024|2|12|69}}

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| occupation = Film producer, location manager

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| known_for = Producer of films by M. Night Shyamalan

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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.{{Cite web |title=Industrial Light & Magic Names Producer Sam Mercer Head of Studio |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/industrial-light-magic-names-producer-823317 |access-date=2020-07-02 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=15 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208235239/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/industrial-light-magic-names-producer-823317 |archive-date=2020-02-08 |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/sam-mercer-dead-sixth-sense-producer-1235858914/|title=Sam Mercer Dies: Producer On M. Night Shyamalan Films, ILM Exec & Location Manager On '80s Classics Was 69|website=Deadline|date=March 14, 2024|access-date=March 15, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sam-mercer-dead-m-night-shyamalan-producer-1235853096/|title=Sam Mercer, Producer of M. Night Shyamalan Films, Dies at 69|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 14, 2024|access-date=March 15, 2024}}