Ismail Merchant



First NameIsmail
Last NameMerchant
Age68 (age at death)
Date of BirthDecember 25, 1936
Date of DeathMay 25, 2005
Star SignCapricorn
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Ismail Merchant (Gujarati: ) (25 December 1936 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian-born film producer, best known for the results of his famously long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director (and Merchant's longtime professional and personal partner) James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Their films won six Academy Awards.


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Filmography

Selected Ismail Merchant film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

1995
Jefferson in Paris
Tipoo Sultan's Ambassador

1989
Slaves of New York
Party Guest

1970
Bombay Talkie
Fate Machine Producer

1969
The Guru
Master Of Ceremonies

1965
Shakespeare-Wallah
Theater Owner

Director Credits

2001
The Mystic Masseur
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1999
Cotton Mary
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1996
The Proprietor
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1995
Lumière and Company
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1994
In Custody
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1983
The Courtesans of Bombay
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1974
Mahatma and the Mad Boy
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Producer Credits

2005
Heights
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2005
The White Countess
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2003
Le divorce
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2002
Merci Docteur Rey
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2002
Refuge
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2000
The Golden Bowl
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1998
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
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1998
Side Streets
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1998
The Tree
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1996
Surviving Picasso
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1995
Feast of July
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1995
Jefferson in Paris
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1994
Street Musicians of Bombay
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1993
The Remains of the Day
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1992
Howards End
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1991
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
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1990
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
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1989
Slaves of New York
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1988
The Deceivers
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1988
The Perfect Murder
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1987
Maurice
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1986
My Little Girl
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1985
A Room with a View
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1985
Noon Wine
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1984
The Bostonians
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1983
Heat and Dust
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1983
The Courtesans of Bombay
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1981
Quartet
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1980
Jane Austen in Manhattan
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1979
The Europeans
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1978
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
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1978
Mata Hari
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1977
Roseland
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1976
Sweet Sounds
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1975
Autobiography of a Princess
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1975
The Wild Party
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1974
Mahatma and the Mad Boy
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1973
Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls
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1972
Savages
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1972
Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
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1970
Bombay Talkie
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1969
The Guru
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1965
Shakespeare-Wallah
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1963
The Householder
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1961
The Creation of Woman
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Films by Merchant Ivory Productions
A Room with a View (1985)
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
Autobiography of a Princess (1975)
Bombay Talkie (1970)
Cotton Mary (1999)
Feast of July (1995)
Heat and Dust (1983)
Heights (2005)
Howards End (1992)
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
Ismail Merchant
James Ivory
Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Le divorce (2003)
Maurice (1987)
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
Quartet (1981)
Roseland (1977)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Savages (1972)
Shakespeare-Wallah (1965)
Side Streets (1998)
Slaves of New York (1989)
Surviving Picasso (1996)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
The Bostonians (1984)
The City of Your Final Destination (2009)
The Courtesans of Bombay (1983)
The Deceivers (1988)
The Europeans (1979)
The Golden Bowl (2000)
The Guru (1969)
The Householder (1963)
The Mystic Masseur (2001)
The Perfect Murder (1988)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
The White Countess (2005)
The Wild Party (1975)