Ismail Merchant

Producer

Born: December 25, 1936 (68 years old)

Died: May 25, 2005

Place of birth: Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India

Biography

Ismail Merchant (born Ismail Noor Muhammad Abdul Rahman; 25 December 1936 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian-born film producer and director. He worked for many years in collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director (and Merchant's longtime professional and domestic partner) James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Their films won six Academy Awards.

Filmography (39)

• Maurice (1987, ★ 7.6)
• The Householder (1963, ★ 5.8)
• Heat and Dust (1983, ★ 6)
• Shakespeare-Wallah (1965, ★ 6.5)
• The Remains of the Day (1993, ★ 7.4)
• A Room with a View (1986, ★ 6.9)
• Howards End (1992, ★ 7)
• The Perfect Murder (1988, ★ 5.9)
• Feast of July (1995, ★ 5.5)
• Lumière & Company (1995, ★ 6.3)
• Heights (2005, ★ 6.3)
• Jefferson in Paris (1995, ★ 5)
• Bombay Talkie (1970, ★ 5.1)
• Slaves of New York (1989, ★ 5.1)
• Le Divorce (2003, ★ 4.9)
• The Mystic Masseur (2001, ★ 5)
• Surviving Picasso (1996, ★ 5.8)
• In Custody (1994, ★ 4.4)
• The Wild Party (1975, ★ 4.7)
• Roseland (1977, ★ 4.9)
• The Courtesans of Bombay (1983, ★ 4.8)
• The Deceivers (1988, ★ 5.3)
• Autobiography of a Princess (1975, ★ 5.1)
• Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978, ★ 5.3)
• Cotton Mary (1999, ★ 4.3)
• The Creation of Woman (1961, ★ 5.1)
• Savages (1972, ★ 5.1)
• The Europeans (1979, ★ 5.5)
• The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991, ★ 5.5)
• Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980, ★ 5.6)