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Ismail Merchant
Actor · Director · Writer· Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
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
48 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Heights | Producer | Film |
| 2005 | The White Countess | Producer | Film |
| 2003 | Thank You, Doctor Rey | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2003 | Le Divorce | Producer | Film |
| 2001 | The Mystic Masseur | Director | Film |
| 2000 | The Golden Bowl | Producer | Film |
| 1999 | Cotton Mary | Director | Film |
| 1998 | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | Producer | Film |
| 1996 | The Proprietor | Director | Film |
| 1996 | Surviving Picasso | Producer | Film |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Royal Indian Man | Film |
| 1995 | Lumière & Company | Director | Film |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Producer | Film |
| 1994 | In Custody | Director | Film |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day | Producer | Film |
| 1992 | Howards End | Producer | Film |
| 1991 | The Ballad of the Sad Cafe | Producer | Film |
| 1990 | Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | Producer | Film |
| 1989 | Slaves of New York | Producer | Film |
| 1988 | The Perfect Murder | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1988 | The Deceivers | Producer | Film |
| 1987 | Maurice | Producer | Film |
| 1986 | My Little Girl | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1986 | A Room with a View | Producer | Film |
| 1984 | The Bostonians | Producer | Film |
| 1983 | Heat and Dust | Indish Guy (uncredited) | Film |
| 1983 | The Courtesans of Bombay | Director | Film |
| 1983 | The Courtesans of Bombay | Writer | Film |
| 1983 | The Courtesans of Bombay | Producer | Film |
| 1983 | Heat and Dust | Producer | Film |
| 1981 | Quartet | Producer | Film |
| 1980 | Jane Austen in Manhattan | Producer | Film |
| 1979 | The Europeans | Producer | Film |
| 1978 | Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures | Producer | Film |
| 1977 | Roseland | Producer | Film |
| 1975 | Autobiography of a Princess | Producer | Film |
| 1975 | The Wild Party | Producer | Film |
| 1973 | Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls | Producer | Film |
| 1972 | Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization | Producer | Film |
| 1972 | Savages | Producer | Film |
| 1970 | Bombay Talkie | Fate Machine Producer | Film |
| 1970 | Bombay Talkie | Producer | Film |
| 1969 | The Guru | Producer | Film |
| 1965 | Shakespeare-Wallah | Theater Owner (uncredited) | Film |
| 1965 | Shakespeare-Wallah | Producer | Film |
| 1963 | The Householder | Extra | Film |
| 1963 | The Householder | Producer | Film |
| 1961 | The Creation of Woman | Executive Producer | Film |
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