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Director, Producer, Executive Producer Born: December 25, 1936 in Mumbai, India Death: May 25, 2005 in London, England, UK Biography:Educated in Bombay and the U.S., Indian-born "Ismail Merchant" was destined for a business administration career. Rather than waste away in banking or speculating, lifelong movie buff Merchant put his skills to work in the creative arts. He found the perfect collaborators in the form of German/Indian novelist "Ruth Prawer Jhabvala" and California-born director "James Ivory".
The Merchant/Ivory productions written by Jhabvala, among them "Shakespeare Wallah" (1965), "Bombay Talkie" (1969), "Roseland" (1977), "The Europeans" (1979), "A Room with a View" (1984), and "Howard's End" (1992), have set an international standard for superior production values at the least possible cost. These accomplishments are all the more remarkable when one realizes that Merchant and "Ivory" were almost constantly at each other's throats over artistic and financial matters -- and make no effort to hide their squabbles... Full Biography
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