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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.
James Francis Ivory (born Richard Jerome Hazen [1] June 7, 1928) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was a principal in Merchant Ivory Productions along with Indian film producer Ismail Merchant (his domestic and professional partner) and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
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.
Nov 22, 2023 · James Ivory reveals why he kept his decades-long romance with Ismail Merchant private: 'I felt I had to protect him'. Director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant were a true...
Sep 2, 2024 · Director Stephen Soucy and subject James Ivory discuss Soucy's documentary on Ivory and Ismail Merchant, his partner in life and filmmaking with whom he made dozens of now classic films. From ...
May 19, 2017 · Sarah Larson interviews James Ivory about his career legacy, from working with Ismail Merchant and crafting historic love stories like “Maurice.”
3 days ago · He and Ivory have a mutual friend, the novelist Peter Cameron, who wrote “The City of Your Final Destination,” which was Merchant Ivory Productions’ final film, and Soucy had interviewed Ivory for a short film about the music in Merchant Ivory films. James Ivory and Ismail Merchant The personal and professional partnership of James Ivory ...