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- NAME: Ismail Merchant
- OCCUPATION: Director, Producer
- BIRTH DATE: December 25, 1936
- DEATH DATE: May 25, 2005
- EDUCATION: New York University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Bombay, India
- PLACE OF DEATH: London, England
- Originally: Ismail Noormohamed Abdul Rehman
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Ismail Merchant was an Indian-born film producer. Two of his most famous films are A Room With A View and The Remains of the Day.
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Synopsis
he was awarded a BAFTA Fellowship for his contributions to world cinema.
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Film producer, born in Mumbai (Bombay), W India. In 1961 he collaborated with James Ivory in setting up a film production company, Merchant-Ivory Productions. They made their first film, The Householder, in 1963, and achieved international success with Shakespeare Wallah (1965). Later works include The Bostonians (1984), the Oscar-nominated A Room With A View (1985), Howards End (1992), The Remains of the Day (1993), Surviving Picasso (1996), and Goldfish Bowl (2000). He also worked as a director, his films including The Proprietor (1996) and Cotton Mary (1999). In 2002 he was awarded, with James Ivory, a BAFTA Fellowship for outstanding contributions to world cinema. A memoir, My Passage from India, appeared the same year.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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