Sam Mercer is a film producer of many Hollywood films , including several projects directed by M. Night Shyamalan such as Signs and The Sixth Sense , as well as other films like Van Helsing and Things We Lost in the Fire . Sam Mercer is a producer of many Hollywood films , including several projects directed by M. Night Shyamalan such as Signs and The Sixth Sense , as well as other films like Van Helsing and Things We Lost in the Fire .