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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 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
May 25, 2019 · Learn about Ismail Merchant, one of India's most iconic exports among filmmakers, who partnered with James Ivory to produce over 50 films, earning six Oscars. Explore his journey from Bombay to Hollywood, his love for India and cinema, and his unique cooking skills.
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May 21, 2021 · Ismail Merchant. Come May 25, it will be 16 long years since producer extraordinaire Ismail Merchant left us. The Indian-born producer was responsible for 44 films including Shakespeare-Wallah ...
- Kasturi Building, Anna Salai, 859-860, Mount Road, Chennai, 600002, Tamil Nadu
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Born in Bombay, Ismail Merchant has lived and worked for most of his life in the West, completing his education at New York University where he earned his Masters Degree in Business Administration. Merchant's first film was a theatrical short, The Creation of Woman ,which was nominated in 1961 for an Academy Award and was an official entry from the United States in the Cannes Film Festival that same year.
MERCHANT IVORY (2023) is the first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant and their primary associates, writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins. Footage from more than fifty interviews, clips ...
May 26, 2005 · A tribute to the producer-director Ismail Merchant, who died in 2005, by Roger Ebert. He recalls Merchant's career, collaborations, style and personality, and praises his films based on novels by Forster, James and Naipaul.
