Merchant-Ivory’s Ismail Merchant, 68
Posted: Wednesday, May 25th, 2005 4:10 pmIndian-born international filmmaker Ismail Merchant died suddenly on Wednesday in a London hospital, a spokesman for his London office said. …
Merchant, born in Bombay (Mumbai) in December 1936 and educated in New York, became a household name when he teamed up with fellow filmmaker James Ivory to form Merchant-Ivory Productions.
Their string of international film credits included hits such as A Room With A View, Howards End, The Remains of the Day, Heat and Dust and The Bostonians. … Read full obituary
