Production
Ismail Merchant
Born 1936-12-25 · Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India · Died 2005-05-25
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.
Known for
The Remains of the Day
A Room with a View
Maurice
Howards End
The Deceivers
Le Divorce
Surviving Picasso
Heat and Dust
Autobiography of a Princess
Merchant Ivory
The White Countess
Slaves of New York
Mrs. Dalloway
Feast of July
Jefferson in Paris
Lumière and Company
The Golden Bowl
The Bostonians
My Little Girl
Heights
Quartet
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
The Europeans
The Wild Party
Roseland
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Bombay Talkie
Shakespeare-Wallah
The Mystic Masseur
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
Jane Austen in Manhattan
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
The Proprietor
Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls
The Courtesans of Bombay
The Householder
Mahatma and the Mad Boy
Cotton Mary
The Guru
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw