Ismail Merchant
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.

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Roles

Crew

The White Countess (2005)
Producer
Heights (2005)
Producer
Le Divorce (2003)
Producer
Thank You, Doctor Rey (2002)
Executive Producer
The Mystic Masseur (2001)
Director
The Golden Bowl (2000)
Producer
Cotton Mary (1999)
Director
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
Producer
Mrs. Dalloway (1997)
Thanks
The Proprietor (1996)
Director
Surviving Picasso (1996)
Producer
Feast of July (1995)
Executive Producer
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Producer
In Custody (1994)
Director
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Producer
Howards End (1992)
Producer
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
Producer
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
Producer
Slaves of New York (1989)
Producer
The Deceivers (1988)
Producer
The Perfect Murder (1988)
Executive Producer
Maurice (1987)
Producer
My Little Girl (1986)
Executive Producer
A Room with a View (1986)
Producer
The Bostonians (1984)
Producer
Heat and Dust (1983)
Producer
Quartet (1981)
Producer
Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
Producer
The Europeans (1979)
Producer
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
Producer
Roseland (1977)
Producer
Autobiography of a Princess (1975)
Producer
The Wild Party (1975)
Producer
Mahatma and the Mad Boy (1974)
Director | Producer
Savages (1972)
Producer
Bombay Talkie (1970)
Producer
The Guru (1969)
Producer
Shakespeare-Wallah (1965)
Producer
The Householder (1963)
Producer
The Creation of Woman (1961)
Executive Producer