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James Ivory

James Ivory

Director · Born June 7, 1928 · Berkeley, California, USA

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Biography

James Francis Ivory (born June 7, 1928) is an American film director, best known for the results of his long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, which included both Indian-born film producer Ismail Merchant, and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Their films won six Academy Awards. Ivory has been nominated three times for the Best Director Oscar, and won his first Academy Award at the age of 89 in 2018, Best Adapted Screenplay for Call Me by Your Name. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Ivory, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 35

2020s

  1. 2022

    A Cooler Climate

    Director

1990s

  1. 1998

    A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

    Director

  2. 1996

    Surviving Picasso

    Director

  3. 1995

    Lumière & Company

    Director

  4. Jefferson in Paris

    Director

  5. 1993
  6. 1992
  7. 1990

    Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

    Director

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. 1987
  3. 1986
  4. 1984

    The Bostonians

    Director

  5. 1983
  6. 1982
  7. 1981

    Quartet

    Director

  8. 1980

    Jane Austen in Manhattan

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    The Five Forty-Eight

    Director

  2. The Europeans

    Director

  3. 1978

    Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures

    Director

  4. 1977

    Roseland

    Director

  5. 1975

    Autobiography of a Princess

    Director

  6. The Wild Party

    Director

  7. 1972

    Savages

    Director

  8. Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization

    Director

  9. 1970

    Bombay Talkie

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Guru

    Director

  2. 1965

    Shakespeare-Wallah

    Director

  3. 1964

    The Delhi Way

    Director

  4. 1963

    The Householder

    Director

1950s

  1. 1959

    The Sword and the Flute

    Director

  2. 1957

    Venice: Theme and Variations

    Director

Wrote 21

2020s

  1. 2022

    A Cooler Climate

    Writer

2010s

  1. 2018

    American Marriage

    Co-Writer

  2. 2017

2000s

  1. 2003

1990s

  1. 1998

    A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

    Screenplay

1980s

  1. 1987
  2. 1983

    The Courtesans of Bombay

    Writer

  3. 1981

    Quartet

    Screenplay

1970s

  1. 1973

    Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls

    Writer

  2. William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare

    Teleplay

  3. 1972
  4. Savages

    Idea

  5. Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization

    Writer

  6. 1970

    Bombay Talkie

    Screenplay

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Guru

    Writer

  2. 1965

    Shakespeare-Wallah

    Writer

  3. 1964

    The Delhi Way

    Writer

  4. 1963

    The Householder

    Writer

1950s

  1. 1959

    The Sword and the Flute

    Writer

  2. 1957

    Venice: Theme and Variations

    Writer

No release date

  1. Brutta Figura

    Writer

Produced 13

2020s

  1. 2026

    Her Song

    Executive Producer

  2. 2024
  3. 2023

    The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s

    Executive Producer

  4. 2022

    Chinese Laundry

    Producer

2010s

  1. 2019

    The Aspern Papers

    Executive Producer

  2. 2018

    American Marriage

    Executive Producer

  3. 2017
  4. 2010

    Arcadia Lost

    Co-Producer

1980s

  1. 1985

    Noon Wine

    Executive Producer

1960s

  1. 1964

    The Delhi Way

    Producer

1950s

  1. 1959

    The Sword and the Flute

    Producer

  2. 1957

    Venice: Theme and Variations

    Producer

No release date

  1. Andorra

    Executive Producer

Edited 2

1960s

  1. 1964

    The Delhi Way

    Editor

1950s

  1. 1959

    The Sword and the Flute

    Editor

Camera 2

2020s

  1. 2022

    A Cooler Climate

    Director of Photography

1960s

  1. 1964

    The Delhi Way

    Director of Photography

Acted in 1

No release date

  1. Brutta Figura

    James

Other crew 1

1950s

  1. 1957

    Venice: Theme and Variations

    Cinematography

Appearances14

2020s

  1. 2024
  2. 2022

    Only in Theaters

    Self

  3. A Cooler Climate

    Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

  4. 2021

2010s

  1. 2019

    E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey

    Self

  2. Rich Atmosphere: The Music of Merchant Ivory Films

    Himself - Narrator

2000s

  1. 2005

    A Tribute To Ismail Merchant

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 2004
  3. 2001

    Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'

    Self

  4. Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw

    Self

  5. The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey

    Self

1980s

  1. 1984

    The Wandering Company

    Self

No release date

  1. James Ivory Remembers Ismail Merchant

    Himself

Thanked in the credits1

1990s

  1. 1997

    Mrs. Dalloway

    Thanks