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Ismail Merchant

Film Producer / Film Director / Actor / Writer | * 12/25/1936 († 68, 05/25/2005) | Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Ismail Merchant (born Ismail Noor Muhammad Abdul Rahman; 25 December 1936 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian film producer. He worked for many years in collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included film director (and Merchant's longtime professional and domestic partner) James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of roman ...

The Remains of the Day

PG

1993 | 3.7/5 | 2h 14min
Drama, Romance / Love
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When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emerson ...

A Room with a View

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1985 | 3.5/5 | 1h 57min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Circa 1940 in Trinidad, still a British Colony, lives Ganesh Ramseyor, of East Indian origin, along with his wife, Leela. He longs to reach out to people, especially to Hindus, in order to promote the ...

The Mystic Masseur

PG

2001 | 2.5/5 | 1h 57min
Drama, Comedy
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A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with t ...

Howards End

PG

1992 | 3.5/5 | 2h 22min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Ismail Merchant

Padma Bhushan Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎ International Indian Film Academy Awards 2x BAFTA Award for Best Film 3x Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama 2x BAFTA Award for Best Film
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Movies with Ismail Merchant as Actor(11)

as Himself (archive footage)2023 Merchant Ivory
2003 The Song of the Little Road
as himself2001 Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
2001 Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw
2001 The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
as Party Guest (uncredited)1989 Slaves of New York
as himself1984 The Wandering Company
as Indish Guy (uncredited)1983 Heat and Dust
as Fate Machine Producer1970 Bombay Talkie
as Theater Owner (uncredited)1965 Shakespeare-Wallah
as Extra1963 The Householder

Movies with Ismail Merchant as Crew(46)

Production/Producer2005 The White Countess
Production/Producer2005 Heights
Production/Producer2003 Le Divorce
Directing/Director2001 The Mystic Masseur
Production/Producer2000 The Golden Bowl
Directing/Director1999 Cotton Mary
Production/Producer1998 A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Crew/Thanks1997 Mrs. Dalloway
Production/Producer1996 Surviving Picasso
Directing/Director1996 The Proprietor
Production/Producer1995 Jefferson in Paris
Directing/Director1995 Lumière and Company
Production/Executive Producer1995 Feast of July
Directing/Director1994 In Custody
Production/Producer1993 The Remains of the Day
Production/Producer1992 Howards End
Production/Producer1991 The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Production/Producer1990 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Production/Producer1989 Slaves of New York
Production/Producer1988 The Deceivers
Production/Executive Producer1988 The Perfect Murder
Production/Producer1987 Maurice
Production/Executive Producer1986 My Little Girl
Production/Producer1985 A Room with a View
Production/Producer1984 The Bostonians
Directing/Director1983 The Courtesans of Bombay
Production/Producer1983 The Courtesans of Bombay
Writing/Writer1983 The Courtesans of Bombay
Production/Producer1983 Heat and Dust
Production/Producer1981 Quartet
Production/Producer1980 Jane Austen in Manhattan
Production/Producer1979 The Europeans
Production/Producer1978 Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Production/Producer1977 Roseland
Production/Producer1975 The Wild Party
Production/Producer1975 Autobiography of a Princess
Directing/Director1974 Mahatma and the Mad Boy
Production/Producer1974 Mahatma and the Mad Boy
Production/Producer1973 Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls
Production/Producer1972 Savages
Production/Producer1972 Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
Production/Producer1970 Bombay Talkie
Production/Producer1969 The Guru
Production/Producer1965 Shakespeare-Wallah
Production/Producer1963 The Householder
Production/Executive Producer1961 The Creation of Woman

Full Name: Ismail Merchant
Citizenship: India
Born: Friday, 12/25 1936 (December) in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died: Wednesday, 05/25 2005 (May) in London (aged: 68)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: New York University, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, Stern School of Business
Ismail Merchant frequently works together with these people:
James Ivory (45x, Crew)
Richard Robbins (27x, Crew)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (26x, Crew)
Paul Bradley (13x, Crew)
Jenny Beavan (12x, Crew)
Donald Rosenfeld (12x, Crew)
John Bright (11x, Crew)
Walter Lassally (10x, Crew)
Celestia Fox (9x, Crew)
Tony Pierce-Roberts (9x, Crew)
Humphrey Dixon (9x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:42172, Added: 05/14/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024