Ismail Merchant
Indian film producer (1936-2005) · India · On the map · Directors · Died at 68
Ismail Merchant was an Indian film producer. He worked for many years in collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included film director James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Together they made film adaptations from the novels of E.M. Forster and Henry James.
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HeightsFilm, 2005Producer2002Padma BhushanAward2001International Indian Film Academy AwardsAward2000
The Golden BowlFilm, Producer1998
A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesFilm, Producer1997
HARDtalkSeries1996Commandeur des Arts et des LettresAward1994
In CustodyFilm, Director1992BAFTA Award for Best FilmAward
Howards EndFilm, 1992Producer1990
Mr. & Mrs. BridgeFilm, Producer1987
MauriceFilm, Producer1986BAFTA Award for Best FilmAward1984
The BostoniansFilm, Producer1981
QuartetFilm, Producer1978
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's PicturesFilm, Producer1975
Autobiography of a PrincessFilm, Producer1965
Shakespeare-WallahFilm, Producer1961
The Creation of WomanFilm, Producer1936Born25 December 1936People around Ismail
Close ties
James Ivory Also in The Householder and Shakespeare-Wallah
Vanessa Redgrave Ismail produced Howards End and The Bostonians
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Also in The Householder and Shakespeare-Wallah
Shashi Kapoor Ismail produced Heat and Dust (1983)
Simon Callow Ismail produced A Room with a View (1986)
Madhur Jaffrey Ismail produced Heat and Dust (1983)- Patrick Godfrey Ismail produced The Remains of the Day (1993)
Nathalie Richard Ismail produced Le Divorce (2004)
Richard Robbins Ismail produced The Remains of the Day (1993)
Utpal Dutt Ismail produced Shakespeare Wallah (1965)
Austin Pendleton Ismail produced Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990)
James Wilby Ismail produced Howards End and Maurice
Humbert Balsan Ismail produced Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Madeleine Potter Ismail produced The Golden Bowl (2002)
Peter Eyre Ismail produced The Remains of the Day (1994)
Anthony Hopkins Ismail produced The Remains of the Day (1994)
Helena Bonham Carter Ismail produced A Room with a View (1986)
Sam Waterston Ismail produced Le Divorce and Savages
Greta Scacchi Ismail produced Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Aparna Sen Ismail produced Bombay Talkie and The Guru- Saeed Jaffrey Ismail produced The Deceivers and The Guru
Vernon Dobtcheff Ismail produced Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Barry Foster Ismail produced Maurice and Heat and Dust
Peter Cellier Ismail produced The Remains of the Day (1994)
Known for
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Maurice 1987
The Remains of the Day 1993
Howards End 1992
A Room with a View 1986
Lumière & Company 1995
Filmography 40
67 credits on file
Television 1
Awards
About this person
Merchant received the BAFTA Award for Best Film for A Room with a View (1985), and Howards End (1992). He received Academy Award nominations for Best Live Action Short Film for The Creation of a Woman (1959) and for Best Picture for A Room with a View (1985), Howards End (1992), and The Remains of the Day (1993).
