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Merchant Ivory Productions is a film company founded in 1961 by producer Ismail Merchant (1936–2005) and director James Ivory (b. 1928). Merchant and Ivory were life and business partners from 1961 until Merchant's death in 2005. During their time together, they made 44 films.
Merchant Ivory Productions. “While her lips talked culture, her heart was planning to invite him to tea” Howards End, 1992 - Nominated for nine Oscars and winner of 3. Also received a Golden Globe and two BAFTA awards.
Merchant Ivory is actually a collaboration of three remarkable people from three vastly different cultures: Ismail Merchant, the producer, born in India; Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, the screenwriter, born in Germany and educated in England; and James Ivory, the director, born in the United States.
- Shakespeare Wallah (1965) The second Merchant Ivory movie follows a troupe of stage actors traveling across India putting on Shakespeare plays. It's loosely based on the story of Geoffrey Kendal – father of Felicity – who earned the nickname "Shakespearewallah" because of his dedication to Shakespeare during an era when theater was being eclipsed by Bollywood.
- The Europeans (1979) Though it was shot on a tight budget, Merchant Ivory managed to make their first period drama look pretty lavish. Adapted by Prawer Jhabvala from Henry James' novel, it centers on a fascinating encounter between a wealthy New England family and their more bohemian and eccentric European cousins.
- The Bostonians (1984) This fiercely intelligent Henry James adaptation has a brilliant, Oscar-nominated performance from Vanessa Redgrave. She plays Olive Chancellor, a leading light of the women's suffrage movement who enters into an unlikely rivalry with her chauvinist relative Basil Ransom (Christopher Reeve).
- A Room with a View (1985) Merchant Ivory's reputation really grew thanks to this stellar E.M. Forster adaptation with an Oscar-winning Prawer Jhabvala screenplay.
Jul 28, 2017 · Although often very popular with audiences, Merchant Ivory films have never been fashionable. They have an unjust reputation for producing glossy but stiff costume dramas, despite the subtle hints of darker themes that lie below the surface, particularly when they focus on class.
Although the name "Merchant Ivory" typically conjures up skillful adaptations of canonical novels by E.M. Forster and Henry James, the company established its reputation for striking and intelligent filmmaking with a string of titles shot in India.
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Aug 23, 2016 · James Ivory, 88, was raised in Oregon and studied architecture and later filmmaking at U.S.C. In the mid-1950s his short documentaries gained notoriety, and at a New York screening of The Sword...
