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Sam Mercer(I)

  • Producer
  • Location Management
  • Production Manager
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Sam Mercer is known for Signs (2002), Congo (1995) and Unbreakable (2000).
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
    • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Sam Mercer, Scott Rudin, and M. Night Shyamalan in The Village (2004)
Producers Barry Mendel and Sam Mercer with director M. Night Shyamalan - Photo Credit: Frank Masi. S.M.P.S.P.
Executive producer Kathleen Kennedy (left) and producers Sam Mercer (center) and Frank Marshall (right) - the producing team behind "The Sixth Sense" - reunite for "Signs."
Sam Mendes, Lucy Fisher, Sam Mercer, and Douglas Wick at an event for Jarhead (2005)
Shuler Hensley and Sam Mercer at an event for Van Helsing (2004)
Tak Fujimoto, John Erick Dowdle, Sam Mercer, Brian Nelson, M. Night Shyamalan, Martin Whist, Elliot Greenberg, and Fernando Velázquez in Devil (2010)
Tak Fujimoto, John Erick Dowdle, Sam Mercer, Brian Nelson, M. Night Shyamalan, Martin Whist, Elliot Greenberg, and Fernando Velázquez in Devil (2010)
Tak Fujimoto, John Erick Dowdle, Sam Mercer, Brian Nelson, M. Night Shyamalan, Martin Whist, Elliot Greenberg, and Fernando Velázquez in Devil (2010)
Tak Fujimoto, John Erick Dowdle, Sam Mercer, Brian Nelson, M. Night Shyamalan, Martin Whist, Elliot Greenberg, and Fernando Velázquez in Devil (2010)

Known for

Signs (2002)
Signs
6.8
  • Producer
  • 2002
Congo (1995)
Congo
5.3
  • Producer(produced by)
  • 1995
Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis in Unbreakable (2000)
Unbreakable
7.3
  • Producer
  • 2000
Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, and Ashlyn Sanchez in The Happening (2008)
The Happening
5.0
  • Producer
  • 2008

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Producer

  • Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin in Concrete Cowboy (2020)
    Concrete Cowboy
    • executive producer
    • 2020
  • Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill in The BFG (2016)
    The BFG
    • producer (produced by)
    • 2016
  • Heaven Is for Real (2014)
    Heaven Is for Real
    • executive producer
    • 2014
  • Sabbatical (2012)
    Sabbatical
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart, and Chris Hemsworth in Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
    Snow White and the Huntsman
    • producer
    • 2012
  • Tak Fujimoto, John Erick Dowdle, Sam Mercer, Brian Nelson, M. Night Shyamalan, Martin Whist, Elliot Greenberg, and Fernando Velázquez in Devil (2010)
    Devil
    • producer
    • 2010
  • Noah Ringer in The Last Airbender (2010)
    The Last Airbender
    • producer (produced by)
    • 2010
  • Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, and Ashlyn Sanchez in The Happening (2008)
    The Happening
    • producer
    • 2008
  • Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
    Things We Lost in the Fire
    • producer
    • 2007
  • Bryce Dallas Howard in Lady in the Water (2006)
    Lady in the Water
    • producer
    • 2006
  • Jarhead (2005)
    Jarhead
    • executive producer
    • 2005
  • The Village (2004)
    The Village
    • producer
    • 2004
  • Kate Beckinsale and Hugh Jackman in Van Helsing (2004)
    Van Helsing
    • executive producer
    • 2004
  • Signs (2002)
    Signs
    • producer
    • 2002
  • Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis in Unbreakable (2000)
    Unbreakable
    • producer
    • 2000

Location Management

  • Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon, and Cher in The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
    The Witches of Eastwick
    • location manager
    • 1987
  • Kathleen Turner in Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
    Peggy Sue Got Married
    • location manager
    • 1986
  • Paul Reubens in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
    Pee-wee's Big Adventure
    • location manager
    • 1985
  • Oh, God! You Devil (1984)
    Oh, God! You Devil
    • location manager
    • 1984
  • Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, and Fred Ward in Swing Shift (1984)
    Swing Shift
    • location manager
    • 1984
  • Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, and Christie Brinkley in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
    National Lampoon's Vacation
    • location manager
    • 1983
  • Second Thoughts (1983)
    Second Thoughts
    • location manager
    • 1983
  • Teri Garr, Raul Julia, Desi Arnaz, and Griffin O'Neal in The Escape Artist (1982)
    The Escape Artist
    • location manager
    • 1982
  • Bill Murray in Stripes (1981)
    Stripes
    • location manager (as Samuel L. Mercer)
    • 1981

Production Manager

  • Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, and Ashlyn Sanchez in The Happening (2008)
    The Happening
    • unit production manager (as S. L. Mercer)
    • 2008
  • Bryce Dallas Howard in Lady in the Water (2006)
    Lady in the Water
    • unit production manager (as S.L. Mercer)
    • 2006
  • Signs (2002)
    Signs
    • unit production manager
    • 2002
  • Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis in Unbreakable (2000)
    Unbreakable
    • unit production manager
    • 2000
  • Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense (1999)
    The Sixth Sense
    • unit production manager
    • 1999

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    • S. L. Mercer

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  • Salaries
      Lady in the Water
      (2006)
      $850,000 USD

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