Difference between revisions of "Ismail Merchant"
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Film director, noted for Merchant-Ivory films which won six Academy Awards. Personal partner was [[James Ivory]]. Notable films include 'A Room with a View', 'Howards End', and 'The Remains of the Day'. | + | Film director, noted for Merchant-Ivory films which won six Academy Awards. His first short film, 'The Creation of Woman' (1961), was nominated for an Academy Award. Personal partner was [[James Ivory]]. Author of several best-selling cookbooks on Indian cuisine along with books on filmmaking and his autobiography ' My Passage from India: A Filmmaker's Journey from Bombay to Hollywood and Beyond' (2018). Notable films include 'A Room with a View', 'Howards End', and 'The Remains of the Day'. |
==Further Reading/Research== | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
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* http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580337/ | * http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580337/ | ||
* https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/may/26/guardianobituaries.film | * https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/may/26/guardianobituaries.film | ||
| + | * https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/mar/27/james-ivory-ismail-merchant-love-secret-call-me-by-your-name-nudity | ||
* http://gayinfluence.blogspot.ca/2012/05/james-ivory-ismael-merchant.html | * http://gayinfluence.blogspot.ca/2012/05/james-ivory-ismael-merchant.html | ||
Revision as of 21:01, 22 August 2021
Contents
Country
India
Birth - Death
1936 - 2005
Occupation
Entertainment
Notable Achievements
Academy Award
Description
Film director, noted for Merchant-Ivory films which won six Academy Awards. His first short film, 'The Creation of Woman' (1961), was nominated for an Academy Award. Personal partner was James Ivory. Author of several best-selling cookbooks on Indian cuisine along with books on filmmaking and his autobiography ' My Passage from India: A Filmmaker's Journey from Bombay to Hollywood and Beyond' (2018). Notable films include 'A Room with a View', 'Howards End', and 'The Remains of the Day'.
