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Ismail Merchant was an Indian film producer who collaborated with James Ivory and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala in Merchant Ivory Productions. He made acclaimed adaptations of E.M. Forster and Henry James novels, and directed two films in India and France.
Ismail Merchant was a filmmaker who collaborated with James Ivory and produced acclaimed adaptations of literary classics. He was born in India, died in London, and was nominated for four Oscars.
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- London, England, UK
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- Producer, Director, Actor
Dec 14, 2012 · The news of Ismail Merchant’s death arrived here in the countryside near Toulouse on Thursday morning. We are visiting friends in a hilltop house overlooking vineyards and forests, and fields which will soon blanketed with sunflowers. “It’s like a Merchant-Ivory film,” we said when we arrived.
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.
May 25, 2005 · LONDON — Filmmaker Ismail Merchant, who with partner James Ivory became synonymous with classy costume drama in films such as “A Room With A View” and “Howards End,” died Wednesday.
May 25, 2005 · Ismail Merchant, who made acclaimed period films with James Ivory, passed away in 2005. He was born in Mumbai, educated in New York and won six Oscars for his adaptations of EM Forster and others.
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May 26, 2005 · Ismail Merchant, whose filmmaking collaboration with James Ivory created a genre of films with visually sumptuous settings that told literate tales of individuals trying to adapt to shifting ...
