Biography
Ismail Merchant was an Indian film producer. He worked for many years in collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included film director James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Together they made film adaptations from the novels of E.M. Forster and Henry James. Merchant received the BAFTA Award for Best Film for A Room with a View (1985), and Howards End (1992). He received Academy Award nominations for Best Live Action Short Film for The Creation of a Woman (1959) and for Best Picture for A Room with a View (1985), Howards End (1992), and The Remains of the Day (1993).
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Awards & recognition
- Padma Bhushan · 2002
- International Indian Film Academy Awards · 2001
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · 1996
- BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1992
- BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1986
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- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1994 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1993 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1993 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1987 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Motion Picture – Drama · 1986 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1983 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Live Action Short Film · 1961 · nominated
Filmography24 titles
Merchant Ivory
Maurice
The Remains of the Day
The Proprietor
Howards End
A Room with a View
Shakespeare-Wallah
Heights
The White Countess
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Heat and Dust
Surviving Picasso
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Quartet
Mrs Dalloway
The Bostonians
The Europeans
Autobiography of a Princess
The Deceivers
Jefferson in Paris
Roseland
The Divorce
In Custody
The Wild Party