Ismail Merchant (born Ismail Noor Muhammad Abdul Rahman; 25 December 1936 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian-born film producer and director. He worked for many years in collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director (and Merchant's longtime professional and domestic partner) James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Their films won six Academy Awards.
2024Merchant IvoryMovieas Self (Archive Footage)
2022A Cooler ClimateMovieas Self - Film Producer (archive footage)2005The White CountessMovieProducer
2005A Tribute To Ismail MerchantMovieas Self (archive footage)2005HeightsMovieProducer
2003Thank You, Doctor ReyMovieExecutive Producer
2003The Song of the Little RoadMovieas Self2003Le DivorceMovieProducer
2001Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'Movieas Self
2001The Mystic MasseurMovieDirector
2001Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal FlawMovieas Self
2001The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's JourneyMovieas Self2000The Golden BowlMovieProducer
1999Cotton MaryMovieDirector1998A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesMovieProducer1997Mrs. DallowayMovieThanks
1997HARDtalkTV show1 episodes
1996The ProprietorMovieDirector1996Surviving PicassoMovieProducer1995Lumière & CompanyMovieDirector
1995Feast of JulyMovieExecutive Producer1995Jefferson in ParisMovieas Royal Indian Man · Producer
1994Street Musicians of BombayMovieProducer
1994In CustodyMovieDirector1993The Remains of the DayMovieProducer1992Howards EndMovieProducer
1991The Ballad of the Sad CafeMovieProducer1990Mr. & Mrs. BridgeMovieProducer
1989Slaves of New YorkMovieas Party Guest (uncredited) · Producer1988The DeceiversMovieProducer
1988The Perfect MurderMovieExecutive Producer1987MauriceMovieProducer
1986My Little GirlMovieExecutive Producer1986A Room with a ViewMovieProducer
1985Noon WineMovieExecutive Producer1984The BostoniansMovieProducer
1984The Wandering CompanyMovieas Self1983Heat and DustMovieas Indish Guy (uncredited) · Producer
1983The Courtesans of BombayMovieDirector · Producer · Writer1981QuartetMovieProducer
1980Jane Austen in ManhattanMovieProducer1979The EuropeansMovieProducer
1978Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's PicturesMovieProducer
1977RoselandMovieProducer
1976Sweet SoundsMovieProducer
1975Autobiography of a PrincessMovieProducer1975The Wild PartyMovieProducer
1974Mahatma and the Mad BoyMovieDirector · Producer
1973Helen, Queen of the Nautch GirlsMovieProducer
1972SavagesMovieProducer
1972Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of CivilizationMovieProducer
1970Bombay TalkieMovieas Fate Machine Producer · Producer
1969The GuruMovieProducer
1965Shakespeare-WallahMovieas Theater Owner (uncredited) · Producer
1963The HouseholderMovieas Extra · Producer
1961The Creation of WomanMovieExecutive Producer
—James Ivory Remembers Ismail MerchantMovieas Himself (archive footage)
—RefugeMovieExecutive Producer