Ismail Merchant
Production · Producer · Director · Executive Producer
Born Dec 25, 1936 · Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Active 1961–2005 · Awards: Padma Bhushan, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, International Indian Film Academy Awards, BAFTA Award for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film
Ismail Merchant (born Ismail Noor Muhammad Abdul Rahman; 25 December 1936 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian-born film producer and director.
Filmography
The Remains of the Day (1993) — ProducerMaurice (1987) — ProducerA Room with a View (1986) — ProducerHowards End (1992) — ProducerThe White Countess (2005) — ProducerLumière & Company (1995) — DirectorSurviving Picasso (1996) — ProducerMr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) — ProducerThe Golden Bowl (2000) — ProducerLe Divorce (2003) — ProducerHeights (2005) — ProducerHeat and Dust (1983) — Indish Guy (uncredited) · ProducerStreet Musicians of Bombay (1994) — ProducerMahatma and the Mad Boy (1974) — Director · ProducerThe Bostonians (1984) — ProducerQuartet (1981) — ProducerSweet Sounds (1976) — ProducerA Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) — ProducerJefferson in Paris (1995) — Royal Indian Man · ProducerThe Europeans (1979) — ProducerShakespeare-Wallah (1965) — Theater Owner (uncredited) · ProducerThe Deceivers (1988) — ProducerJane Austen in Manhattan (1980) — ProducerThe Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991) — Producer