Person
Ismail Merchant
Production · 1936–2005 · 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.
Known for
HARDtalk
1997
Maurice
Producer
A Room with a View
Producer
Merchant Ivory
Self (Archive Footage)
The Remains of the Day
Producer
Howards End
Producer
The Golden Bowl
Producer
Le Divorce
Producer
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Producer
My Little Girl
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2024Merchant IvorySelf (Archive Footage)
- 2022A Cooler ClimateSelf - Film Producer (archive footage)
- 2005A Tribute To Ismail MerchantSelf (archive footage)
- 2005The White CountessProducer
- 2005HeightsProducer
- 2003Thank You, Doctor ReyExecutive Producer
- 2003The Song of the Little RoadSelf
- 2003Le DivorceProducer
- 2001Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'Self
- 2001The Mystic MasseurDirector
- 2001Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal FlawSelf
- 2001The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's JourneySelf
- 2000The Golden BowlProducer
- 1999Cotton MaryDirector
- 1998A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesProducer
- 1997Mrs. DallowayThanks
- 1997HARDtalk
- 1996The ProprietorDirector
- 1996Surviving PicassoProducer
- 1995Lumière & CompanyDirector
- 1995Feast of JulyExecutive Producer
- 1995Jefferson in ParisRoyal Indian Man
- 1994Street Musicians of BombayProducer
- 1994In CustodyDirector
- 1993The Remains of the DayProducer
- 1992Howards EndProducer
- 1991The Ballad of the Sad CafeProducer
- 1990Mr. & Mrs. BridgeProducer
- 1989Slaves of New YorkParty Guest (uncredited)
- 1988The DeceiversProducer
- 1988The Perfect MurderExecutive Producer
- 1987MauriceProducer
- 1986My Little GirlExecutive Producer
- 1986A Room with a ViewProducer
- 1985Noon WineExecutive Producer
- 1984The BostoniansProducer
- 1984The Wandering CompanySelf
- 1983Heat and DustIndish Guy (uncredited)
- 1983The Courtesans of BombayDirector
- 1981QuartetProducer
- 1980Jane Austen in ManhattanProducer
- 1979The EuropeansProducer
- 1978Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's PicturesProducer
- 1977RoselandProducer
- 1976Sweet SoundsProducer
- 1975Autobiography of a PrincessProducer
- 1975The Wild PartyProducer
- 1974Mahatma and the Mad BoyDirector
- 1973Helen, Queen of the Nautch GirlsProducer
- 1972SavagesProducer
- 1972Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of CivilizationProducer
- 1970Bombay TalkieFate Machine Producer
- 1969The GuruProducer
- 1965Shakespeare-WallahTheater Owner (uncredited)
- 1963The HouseholderExtra
- 1961The Creation of WomanExecutive Producer
- —James Ivory Remembers Ismail MerchantHimself (archive footage)
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