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Ismail Merchant, the Indian film producer who died yesterday at 68, was for more than 40 years one of the most unorthodox but successful independent filmmakers in Hollywood. With his partner James ...

Director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant made 43 films together between 1961 and 2007. They worked with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins on more than half of ...

In this conventional documentary, the filmmaking pair get their due as forward-thinkers within lush, period settings. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

The films produced by Ismail Merchant and directed by James Ivory – ranging from 1985's "A Room with a View" to "Remains of the Day" (1993) – were sometimes dismissed as "pretty but anodyne period ...

LONDON -- Filmmaker Ismail Merchant, who with partner James Ivory became synonymous with classy costume drama in films such as "A Room With A View" and "Howards End," died Wednesday. He was 68.

Cohen Media Group will give “Merchant Ivory,” a documentary about the professional and personal partnership of director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant and their production company — Merchant ...

Theirs was one of the longest partnerships in cinema history (1961-2007), almost defining independent filmmaking, that is now being profiled definitively in the new conventional documentary "Merchant ...

"No serious film lover should miss this documentary!" Cohen Film Collection has revealed an official trailer for Merchant Ivory, a documentary film by director Stephen Soucy. It's a look back at the ...