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Ismail Merchant (born Ismail Noor Muhammad Abdul Rahman; 25 December 1936 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian film producer. He worked for many years in collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included film director (and Merchant's longtime professional and domestic partner) James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala .
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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.
YearTitleDirectorWriter2024Merchant IvoryNoNo2023The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the ...NoNo2022Chinese LaundryNoNo2022A Cooler ClimateYesYesMerchant 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 ...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.
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Ismail Merchant's Indian Cuisine(cookbook), New York, 1986. Hullaballoo in Old Jaypore: The Making ofThe Deceivers, London, 1988.
Interview with Jaz Mohan, Basu Chatterji, and Arun Kaul, in Close-Up(Bombay), October/December 1968. Interview with Amena Meer, in Interview(New York), April 1994. "The Maker of Dreams," interview with Shahrukh Husain, in Index on Censorship(London), 1995.
Pym, John, Wandering Company: Twenty-one Years of Merchant Ivory Films, London/New York, 1983. Long, Robert Emmet, The Films of Merchant Ivory, New York, 1991.
Gillett, John, "Merchant-Ivory," in Sight and Sound(London), Spring 1973. Gillett, John, "A Princess in London," in Sight and Sound(London), Summer 1974. Arora, Nina, "The Dream Merchant from New York," in Film World(Bombay), February 1976. Watts, Janet, "Three's Company," in Observer(London), 17 June 1979. Bergson, Phillip, "The Producer," in What...
Dec 14, 2012 · 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.
