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Ismail Merchant

Production

Ismail Merchant

25 December 1936† 25 May 2005 (aged 68) Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Directed
7
Written
1
Produced
35
Movies
15

Biography

Ismail Merchant (born Ismail Noor Muhammad Abdul Rahman; 25 December 1936 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian-born film producer and director. He worked for many years in collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director (and Merchant's longtime professional and domestic partner) James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Their films won six Academy Awards.

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Known For

The Remains of the Day

7.41993

A Room with a View

6.91986

Maurice

7.61987

Howards End

7.01992

Le Divorce

4.92003

Surviving Picasso

5.81996

The White Countess

6.22005

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

6.11990

The Golden Bowl

6.02000

The Bostonians

5.51984

Jefferson in Paris

5.11995

Heights

6.32005

Heat and Dust

6.01983

Quartet

5.81981

The Deceivers

5.21988

The Europeans

5.61979

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

6.11998

The Wild Party

4.91975

Slaves of New York

5.41989

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

5.81991

The Mystic Masseur

5.52001

Cotton Mary

5.01999

The Proprietor

6.31996

Lumière & Company

6.41995

In Custody

5.01994

The Courtesans of Bombay

5.51983

Mahatma and the Mad Boy

10.01974