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James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty In May 2023, an upcoming biographical documentary portrait directed by Christopher Manning was announced. The film chronicles the life and work of Ivory and features Helena Bonham Carter , Emma Thompson , Hugh Grant , Wes Anderson and others.
- 1953–present
- Ismail Merchant (1961–2005; Merchant's death)
- James Francis Ivory, June 7, 1928 (age 95), Berkeley, California, U.S.
James Ivory. Writer: Call Me by Your Name. The main part of his few movies were filmed in the quarter of a century in which he worked closely together with the Indian producer Ismail Merchant and the German writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. His first films are all set in India and are very much influenced by the style of Satyajit Ray and Jean Renoir.
- Director, Writer, Producer
- June 7, 1928
- 2 min
- HOWARDS END (1992) Directed by James Ivory. Screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, based on the novel by E. M. Forster. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson, James Wilby, Samuel West, Jemma Redgrave, Prunella Scales.
- A ROOM WITH A VIEW (1986) Directed by James Ivory. Screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, based on the novel by E. M. Forster. Starring Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Judi Dench, Simon Callow, Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Daniel Day-Lewis, Fabia Drake, Patrick Godfrey, Rupert Graves, Joan Henley, Rosemary Leach.
- THE REMAINS OF THE DAY (1993) Directed by James Ivory. Screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Peter Vaughan, Hugh Grant, Michael Lonsdale, Tim Pigott-Smith.
- MAURICE (1987) Directed by James Ivory. Screenplay by Kit Hesketh-Harvey and James Ivory, based on the novel by E. M. Forster. Starring James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Billie Whitelaw, Barry Foster, Judy Parfitt, Phoebe Nicholls, Ben Kingsley.
James Francis Ivory (born June 7, 1928) is an American film director, best known for the results of his long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, which included both Indian-born film producer Ismail Merchant, and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Their films won six Academy Awards.
1. The Householder (1963) 100 min | Comedy, Drama. 6.8. Rate. A young Indian newlywed finds his independent wife troublesome and seeks help and advice from his overbearing mother, a supposedly worldly wise friend, an American seeker of enlightenment and a swami. Director: James Ivory | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Leela Naidu, Durga Khote, Achala Sachdev.
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1. The Remains of the Day (1993) PG | 134 min | Drama, Romance. 7.8. Rate. 86 Metascore. A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer. Director: James Ivory | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, John Haycraft, Christopher Reeve.
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