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SAM MERCER (Executive Producer) recently produced The Village for director M. Night Shyamalan and is currently working with the director on Lady in the Water. The two have previously partnered on The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs. The Sixth Sense earned six Oscar nominations, two Golden Globe nods and three People's Choice Awards in addition to becoming the tenth highest grossing film in history. Mercer most recently served as executive producer on the Universal fantasy-adventure Van Helsing starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale. Mercer began his independent producing career in 1993, after seven years as a production executive at the Walt Disney Company. His first film as an independent producer was the box office hit Congo, directed by Frank Marshall and produced by Mercer and Kathleen Kennedy. His next project was Peter Hyams' The Relic, which he produced with Gale Anne Hurd, and he was the executive producer of Mission to Mars, a thrilling adventure directed by Brian De Palma. Mercer joined the Walt Disney Company in 1986 as a production executive supervising such films as Good Morning, Vietnam, Three Fugitives and Dead Poets Society. He was promoted to vice president of motion picture production in 1989 for Hollywood Pictures where he was responsible for such releases as Quiz Show, The Joy Luck Club, Born Yesterday, Swing Kids, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and Arachnophobia. Prior to joining Disney, Mercer had a successful career as a freelance location manager and unit production manager working on such films as The Witches of Eastwick, Peggy Sue Got Married, Stripes, Swing Shift and The Escape Artist. He also served as the associate producer/ unit manager for KCET-TV in Los Angeles where he received a Daytime Emmy for the live presentation of the San Francisco Opera's production of La Gioconda. A graduate of The Groton School and Occidental College, Mercer currently lives in Venice, California.

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