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Merchant Ivory Productions is a film company founded in 1961 by producer Ismail Merchant (1936–2005) and director James Ivory (b. 1928). Merchant and Ivory were life and business partners from 1961 until Merchant's death in 2005. During their time together, they made 44 films.
Merchant Ivory Productions. “While her lips talked culture, her heart was planning to invite him to tea” Howards End, 1992 - Nominated for nine Oscars and winner of 3. Also received a Golden Globe and two BAFTA awards.
James Ivory remains active with Merchant Ivory Productions and is currently directing an adaptation of Shakespeare's Richard II, based on a screenplay by Chris Terrio. Merchant Ivory is also in pre-production of Make the Wiseguys Weep based on a novel by David Evanier, and adapted for the screen by Ric Menello.
Merchant Ivory Productions. Filmography. The Sword and the Flute. 1959/U.S., 20 minutes. Ivory's second documentary, The Sword and The Flute, also dealing with schools of art, grew out of his experience in making Venice: Theme and Variations.
Autobiography of a Princess. In 1974 Merchant Ivory made two new films, Autobiography of a Princess and The Wild Party. Although released after The Wild Party, Autobiography of a Princess was the first to be filmed.
MERCHANT IVORY (2023) is the first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant and their primary associates, writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins.
The seventeen theatrical films that Ivory has made for Merchant Ivory Productions include the classic Shakespeare Wallah and more recent films such as the two Henry James productions, The Europeans and The Bostonians; Heat and Dust,, from another novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; A Room With a View, and Maurice, from the novels by E.M. Forster.
