Ismail Merchant
Born: 1936-12-25 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died: 2005-05-25
Known For: Production
Biography
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.
Filmography
2024
- Merchant Ivory as Self (Archive Footage)
2022
- A Cooler Climate as Himself (Arhive Footage)
2005
- The White Countess ... (Producer)
- A Tribute To Ismail Merchant as Self (archive footage)
- Heights ... (Producer)
2004
- Thank You, Doctor Rey ... (Executive Producer)
2003
- Le Divorce ... (Producer)
- The Song of the Little Road as Self
2001
- Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' as Self
- The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey as Self
- Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw as Self
- The Mystic Masseur ... (Director)
2000
- The Golden Bowl ... (Producer)
1999
- Cotton Mary ... (Director)
1998
- A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries ... (Producer)
1997
- Mrs. Dalloway ... (Thanks)
1996
- Surviving Picasso ... (Producer)
- The Proprietor ... (Director)
1995
- Lumière & Company ... (Director)
- Jefferson in Paris as Royal Indian Man
- Feast of July ... (Executive Producer)
1994
- In Custody ... (Director)
- Street Musicians of Bombay ... (Producer)
1993
- The Remains of the Day ... (Producer)
1992
- Howards End ... (Producer)
1991
- The Ballad of the Sad Cafe ... (Producer)
1990
- Mr. & Mrs. Bridge ... (Producer)
1989
- Slaves of New York as Party Guest (uncredited)
1988
- The Deceivers ... (Producer)
- The Perfect Murder ... (Executive Producer)
1987
- Maurice ... (Producer)
1986
- My Little Girl ... (Executive Producer)
1985
- Noon Wine ... (Executive Producer)
- A Room with a View ... (Producer)
1984
- The Bostonians ... (Producer)
- The Wandering Company as Self
1983
- Heat and Dust as Indish Guy (uncredited)
- The Courtesans of Bombay ... (Director)
1981
- Quartet ... (Producer)
1980
- Jane Austen in Manhattan ... (Producer)
1979
- The Europeans ... (Producer)
1978
- Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures ... (Producer)
1977
- Roseland ... (Producer)
1976
- Sweet Sounds ... (Producer)
1975
- The Wild Party ... (Producer)
- Autobiography of a Princess ... (Producer)
1974
- Mahatma and the Mad Boy ... (Director)
1973
- Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls ... (Producer)
1972
- Savages ... (Producer)
- Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization ... (Producer)
1970
- Bombay Talkie as Fate Machine Producer
1969
- The Guru ... (Producer)
1965
- Shakespeare-Wallah as Theater Owner (uncredited)
1963
- The Householder as Extra
1961
- The Creation of Woman ... (Executive Producer)