Ismail Merchant
Known for: Production
Born: December 25, 1936
Died: May 25, 2005
Place of birth: Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
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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Filmography
57 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
7.7
Merchant Ivory
2024
8.0
A Cooler Climate
2022
10.0
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
2005
6.2
The White Countess
2005
6.3
Heights
2005
5.5
Thank You, Doctor Rey
2003
10.0
The Song of the Little Road
2003
5.0
Le Divorce
2003
6.5
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
2001
5.5
The Mystic Masseur
2001
7.0
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw
2001
6.5
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
2001
6.0
The Golden Bowl
2000
5.0
Cotton Mary
1999
6.1
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998
5.7
Mrs. Dalloway
1997
8.7
HARDtalk
1997
7.0
The Proprietor
1996
5.8
Surviving Picasso
1996
6.3
Lumière & Company
1995
5.8
Feast of July
1995
5.1
Jefferson in Paris
1995
10.0
Street Musicians of Bombay
1994
5.0
In Custody
1994
7.4
The Remains of the Day
1993
7.0
Howards End
1992
5.8
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
1991
6.1
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990
5.4
Slaves of New York
1989
5.2
The Deceivers
1988
6.1
The Perfect Murder
1988
7.6
Maurice
1987
4.6
My Little Girl
1986
7.0
A Room with a View
1986
NR
Noon Wine
1985
5.5
The Bostonians
1984
8.0
The Wandering Company
1984
6.0
Heat and Dust
1983
5.5
The Courtesans of Bombay
1983
5.8
Quartet
1981
5.9
Jane Austen in Manhattan
1980
5.6
The Europeans
1979
6.1
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1978
5.1
Roseland
1977
9.0
Sweet Sounds
1976
5.5
Autobiography of a Princess
1975
4.9
The Wild Party
1975
10.0
Mahatma and the Mad Boy
1974
6.8
Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls
1973
5.3
Savages
1972
6.3
Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
1972
5.6
Bombay Talkie
1970
6.0
The Guru
1969
6.5
Shakespeare-Wallah
1965
6.2
The Householder
1963
5.6
The Creation of Woman
1961
NR
James Ivory Remembers Ismail Merchant
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Refuge
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