Ismail Merchant
- Production
- December 25, 1936 · Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
- May 25, 2005
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
Filmography
- Merchant Ivory · Self
- A Cooler Climate · Self
- A Tribute To Ismail Merchant · Self
- The White Countess · Producer
- Heights · Producer
- Thank You, Doctor Rey · Executive producer
- The Song of the Little Road · Self
- Le Divorce · Producer
- Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' · Self
- The Mystic Masseur · Director
- Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw · Self
- The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey · Self
- The Golden Bowl · Producer
- Cotton Mary · Director
- A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries · Producer
- Mrs. Dalloway · Thanks
- HARDtalk
- The Proprietor · Director
- Surviving Picasso · Producer
- Lumière & Company · Director
- Feast of July · Executive producer
- Jefferson in Paris · Royal Indian Man, Producer
- Street Musicians of Bombay · Producer
- In Custody · Director
- The Remains of the Day · Producer
- Howards End · Producer
- The Ballad of the Sad Cafe · Producer
- Mr. & Mrs. Bridge · Producer
- Slaves of New York · Party Guest (uncredited), Producer
- The Deceivers · Producer
- The Perfect Murder · Executive producer
- Maurice · Producer
- My Little Girl · Executive producer
- A Room with a View · Producer
- Noon Wine · Executive producer
- The Bostonians · Producer
- The Wandering Company · Self
- Heat and Dust · Indish Guy (uncredited), Producer
- The Courtesans of Bombay · Director, Writer
- Quartet · Producer
- Jane Austen in Manhattan · Producer
- The Europeans · Producer
- Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures · Producer
- Roseland · Producer
- Sweet Sounds · Producer
- Autobiography of a Princess · Producer
- The Wild Party · Producer
- Mahatma and the Mad Boy · Director, Producer
- Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls · Producer
- Savages · Producer
- Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization · Producer
- Bombay Talkie · Fate Machine Producer, Producer
- The Guru · Producer
- Shakespeare-Wallah · Theater Owner (uncredited), Producer
- The Householder · Extra, Producer
- The Creation of Woman · Executive producer
- James Ivory Remembers Ismail Merchant · Self
- Refuge · Executive producer