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James Ivory

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  • Writer
  • Producer
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James Ivory at an event for The Divorce (2003)
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The main part of his few movies were filmed in the quarter of a century in which he worked closely together with the Indian producer Ismail Merchant and the German writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. His first films are all set in India and are very much influenced by the style of Satyajit Ray and Jean Renoir. After this period, he filmed three stories in New York and then dedicated his work to the great works of the English literature which made him internationally famous. Examples of this period are The Europeans (1979) and The Bostonians (1984) by Henry James, Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980) by Jane Austen, Quartet (1981) by Jean Rhys or A Room with a View (1985) and Maurice (1987) by E.M. Forster.
BornJune 7, 1928
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BornJune 7, 1928
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  • Won 1 Oscar

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Hugh Grant, James Ivory, and James Wilby in Maurice (1987)
James Ivory in Maurice (1987)
James Ivory in Maurice (1987)
James Ivory in Howards End (1992)
Ralph Fiennes, James Ivory, and Luoyong Wang in The White Countess (2005)
James Ivory, Ismail Merchant, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The guiding creative force behind "Jefferson in Paris" is the renowned filmmaking partnership of director James Ivory (left), producer Ismail Merchant (center) and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Ruth Prawer Hjabvala (right).
Julian Sands and James Ivory in A Room with a View (1985)
Helena Bonham Carter, Judi Dench, and James Ivory in A Room with a View (1985)
Greta Scacchi, James Ivory, and Thandiwe Newton in Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Pierre Lhomme, James Ivory, Kevin Jewison, and Simon Moseley in Jefferson in Paris (1995)
James Ivory and Ismail Merchant

Known for

Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Call Me by Your Name
7.8
  • Writer
  • 2017
Helena Bonham Carter and Julian Sands in A Room with a View (1985)
A Room with a View
7.2
  • Director
  • 1985
Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson in The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Remains of the Day
7.8
  • Director
  • 1993
Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, and Emma Thompson in Howards End (1992)
Howards End
7.4
  • Director
  • 1992

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Director

  • ROSELLI'S WAY
    • Pre-production
  • A Cooler Climate (2022)
    A Cooler Climate
  • Anthony Hopkins, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Laura Linney in The City of Your Final Destination (2009)
    The City of Your Final Destination
  • Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson in The White Countess (2005)
    The White Countess
  • Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts in The Divorce (2003)
    The Divorce
  • The Golden Bowl (2000)
    The Golden Bowl
  • A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
    A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
  • Anthony Hopkins in Surviving Picasso (1996)
    Surviving Picasso
  • Lumière and Company (1995)
    Lumière and Company
    • (segment Merchant Ivory/Paris)
  • Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, and Thandiwe Newton in Jefferson in Paris (1995)
    Jefferson in Paris
  • Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson in The Remains of the Day (1993)
    The Remains of the Day
  • Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, and Emma Thompson in Howards End (1992)
    Howards End
  • Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
    Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
  • Bernadette Peters in Slaves of New York (1989)
    Slaves of New York
  • Hugh Grant and James Wilby in Maurice (1987)
    Maurice
  • Helena Bonham Carter and Julian Sands in A Room with a View (1985)
    A Room with a View

Writer

  • Brutta Figura
    • Post-production
  • A Cooler Climate (2022)
    A Cooler Climate
  • Giorgio Arcelli in American Marriage (2019)
    American Marriage
  • Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name (2017)
    Call Me by Your Name
  • Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts in The Divorce (2003)
    The Divorce
  • A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
    A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
  • Hugh Grant and James Wilby in Maurice (1987)
    Maurice
  • The Courtesans of Bombay (1983)
    The Courtesans of Bombay
  • Isabelle Adjani, Alan Bates, Maggie Smith, and Anthony Higgins in Quartet (1981)
    Quartet
    • (uncredited)
  • Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls (1973)
    Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls
  • ABC Afterschool Specials (1972)
    ABC Afterschool Specials
  • Savages (1972)
    Savages
  • Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
  • Bombay Talkie (1970)
    Bombay Talkie
  • The Guru (1969)
    The Guru
  • Shakespeare-Wallah (1965)
    Shakespeare-Wallah

Producer

  • ROSELLI'S WAY
    • Pre-production
  • Can't Let It Go
    • Post-production
  • Kofi Hayford and Sam Xu in Chinese Laundry (2022)
    Chinese Laundry
  • Giorgio Arcelli in American Marriage (2019)
    American Marriage
  • Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers in The Aspern Papers (2018)
    The Aspern Papers
  • Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name (2017)
    Call Me by Your Name
    • (produced by)
  • Arcadia Lost (2010)
    Arcadia Lost
  • Love and Roadkill (2008)
    Love and Roadkill
  • Elizabeth Banks in Heights (2005)
    Heights
    • (uncredited)
  • American Playhouse
    American Playhouse
  • Shashi Kapoor and Madhur Jaffrey in Shakespeare-Wallah (1965)
    The Delhi Way
  • Shashi Kapoor in The Creation of Woman (1961)
    The Sword and the Flute
  • Venice: Themes and Variations
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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The City of Your Final Destination
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The City of Your Final Destination
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The City of Your Final Destination
The City of Your Final Destination
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The City of Your Final Destination
The City of Your Final Destination
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The City of Your Final Destination
City of Your Final Destination
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City of Your Final Destination
Call Me By Your Name
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Call Me By Your Name

Personal details

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    • Merchant Ivory Productions
    • June 7, 1928
    • Berkeley, California, USA
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 1 Interview
    • 2 Articles

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    In addition to their 40-year-long professional partnership, Ismail Merchant and James Ivory were also longtime romantic partners.
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    [on his affinity to India] It wasn't as though I had a childhood preoccupation with India. It was completely accidental and was based on my seeing The River (1951) and later on seeing a group of miniature Indian paintings. And then, most important, seeing the films of Ray [Satyajit Ray], the Apu trilogy. That's what really got me started - a combination of things spread out over a period of six or so years.

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