- Known For
- Production
- Born
- December 25, 1936
- Place of Birth
- Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
- Died
- May 25, 2005
Ismail Merchant
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
movieMerchant Ivory
2024 · Self (Archive Footage)
movieA Cooler Climate
2022 · Self - Film Producer (archive footage)
movieA Tribute To Ismail Merchant
2005 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe White Countess
2005 · Producer
movieHeights
2005 · Producer
movieThank You, Doctor Rey
2003 · Executive Producer
movieThe Song of the Little Road
2003 · Self
movieLe Divorce
2003 · Producer
movieLove & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
2001 · Self
movieThe Mystic Masseur
2001 · Director
movieBlind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw
2001 · Self
movieThe Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
2001 · Self
movieThe Golden Bowl
2000 · Producer
movieCotton Mary
1999 · Director
movieA Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998 · Producer
movieMrs. Dalloway
1997 · Thanks
tvHARDtalk
1997
movieThe Proprietor
1996 · Director
movieSurviving Picasso
1996 · Producer
movieLumière & Company
1995 · Director
movieFeast of July
1995 · Executive Producer
movieJefferson in Paris
1995 · Royal Indian Man, Producer
movieStreet Musicians of Bombay
1994 · Producer
movieIn Custody
1994 · Director
movieThe Remains of the Day
1993 · Producer
movieHowards End
1992 · Producer
movieThe Ballad of the Sad Cafe
1991 · Producer
movieMr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990 · Producer
movieSlaves of New York
1989 · Party Guest (uncredited), Producer
movieThe Deceivers
1988 · Producer
movieThe Perfect Murder
1988 · Executive Producer
movieMaurice
1987 · Producer
movieMy Little Girl
1986 · Executive Producer
movieA Room with a View
1986 · Producer
movieNoon Wine
1985 · Executive Producer
movieThe Bostonians
1984 · Producer
movieThe Wandering Company
1984 · Self
movieHeat and Dust
1983 · Indish Guy (uncredited), Producer
movieThe Courtesans of Bombay
1983 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieQuartet
1981 · Producer
movieJane Austen in Manhattan
1980 · Producer
movieThe Europeans
1979 · Producer
movieHullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1978 · Producer
movieRoseland
1977 · Producer
movieSweet Sounds
1976 · Producer
movieAutobiography of a Princess
1975 · Producer
movieThe Wild Party
1975 · Producer
movieMahatma and the Mad Boy
1974 · Director, Producer
movieHelen, Queen of the Nautch Girls
1973 · Producer
movieSavages
1972 · Producer
movieAdventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
1972 · Producer
movieBombay Talkie
1970 · Fate Machine Producer
movieThe Guru
1969 · Producer
movieShakespeare-Wallah
1965 · Theater Owner (uncredited), Producer
movieThe Householder
1963 · Extra, Producer
movieThe Creation of Woman
1961 · Executive Producer
movieJames Ivory Remembers Ismail Merchant
— · Himself (archive footage)