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Merchant met American movie director James Ivory at a screening in New York of Ivory's documentary The Sword and the Flute in 1959. In May 1961, Merchant and Ivory formed the film production company Merchant Ivory Productions. Merchant and Ivory were long-term life partners.
Merchant Ivory Productions is a film company founded in 1961 by producer Ismail Merchant (1936–2005) and director James Ivory (b. 1928). Merchant and Ivory were life and business partners from 1961 until Merchant's death in 2005. During their time together, they made 44 films.
YearTitleDirectorProducer2009James IvoryPaul Bradley and Pierre Proner2007Mark Burton, Paul Hardart, Tom Hardart, ...2005James IvoryIsmail Merchant2005Richard Hawley, James Ivory, and Ismail ...Nov 22, 2023 · At height of their fame in the 1980s and 1990s, director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant were a true partnership — on-screen and off.
James Francis Ivory (born Richard Jerome Hazen on June 7, 1928) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Ivory along with Indian film producer Ismail Merchant, his domestic as well as professional partner, and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, were the principals in Merchant Ivory Productions.
Jun 25, 2021 · The night’s most heartfelt moment arrived when Ivory tenderly paid tribute to his “life’s partner,” the late Indian producer Ismail Merchant. Working with Merchant for close to 50 years at their co-owned production company, Ivory said in his acceptance speech, had “led him to this award.”
- Poulomi Das
MERCHANT IVORY (2023) is the first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant and their primary associates, writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins.
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May 19, 2017 · Sarah Larson interviews James Ivory about his career legacy, from working with Ismail Merchant and crafting historic love stories like “Maurice.”