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Ismail Merchant (born Ismail Noor Muhammad Abdul Rahman; 25 December 1936 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian film producer.
Ismail Merchant was born on 25 December 1936 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]. He was a producer and director, known for Howards End (1992), A Room with a View (1985) and The Remains of the Day (1993). He died on 25 May 2005 in London, England, UK.
May 9, 2018 · Born Ismail Noor Mohammed Abdul Rehman on December 25, 1936, in Bombay (now Mumbai) in British-occupied India, Merchant was the son of a prosperous seller of textiles. As a child he spoke both the local Gujarati language and Urdu, the Islamic variant of Hindi that his family used at home.
May 25, 2005 · Ismail Merchant, the producer half of the filmmaking team known as Merchant-Ivory, died today after a long illness. He was 68 years old.
May 25, 2005 · LONDON — Filmmaker Ismail Merchant, who with partner James Ivory became synonymous with classy costume drama in films such as “A Room With A View” and “Howards End,” died Wednesday.
May 26, 2005 · Ismail Merchant: In Memory. Producer-director Ismail Merchant (right) with Subrata Mitra, the cinematographer who worked with Satyajit Ray, talking at the 1999 Calcutta Film Festival.
It is with great sadness that Merchant Ivory Productions announced that Ismail Merchant, our company founder and beloved producer for more than 44 years, passed away May 25, 2005 after a brief illness in a London hospital where he was working on his latest film, The White Countess.
