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Ismail Merchant (born Ismail Noor Muhammad Abdul Rahman; 25 December 1936 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian film producer.
Ismail Merchant was born in Bombay on December 25th, 1936, brother to six sisters. His father, a textile merchant, held for his son and heir all the aspirations typical of a middle-class Muslim in pre-Partition India, sending him to the best schools that money could afford.
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) .
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- Producer, Director, Actor
May 26, 2005 · Mr. Merchant died Wednesday in a London hospital, of complications following surgery for abdominal ulcers. The producer of nearly 50 films and television productions and the director of five films of his own, he formed a lifelong professional and personal partnership with Mr. Ivory after they met at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.
May 25, 2005 · Ismail Merchant, whoseprodigious 44-year filmmaking partnership with James Ivory became synonymouswith sumptuous period dramas and literary adaptations, died in London onWednesday after a brief...
May 25, 2005 · Ismail Merchant, co-founder of Merchant Ivory films, dies at the age of 68, his office announces.
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Jun 2, 2005 · Ismail Merchant, film producer, died on May 25th, aged 68. FOR a devout Muslim, it was ironic that Ismail Merchant was born on Christmas Day, 1936. Not that religion played any...
