James Francis Ivory (born June 7, 1928) is an award-winning American film director, best known for the results of his long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, which included both Indian-born producer Ismail Merchant and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Their films won six Academy Awards. Image File history File links Film director James Ivory. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Collaboration (co+labor+ation) refers abstractly to all processes wherein people work together —applying both to the work of individuals as well as larger collectives and societies. ... James Ivory (left) and Ismail Merchant (right) in New York City in 1974. ... Motto: Satyameva Jayate Sanskrit: सत्यमेव जयते (Truth Alone Triumphs) Anthem: Jana Gana Mana Capital New Delhi Largest city Mumbai (Bombay) Official language(s) Hindi, English, and 21 other languages Government President Prime Minister Federal republic APJ Abdul Kalam Manmohan Singh Independence  - Declared  - Republic From the United Kingdom 1947-08-15 1950-01... A film producer oversees the making of movies. ... Ismail Merchant Ismail Merchant (December 25, 1936 – May 25, 2005) was an Indian-born film producer, best known for the results of his long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director James Ivory and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. ... Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (born May 7, 1927) is an Academy Award winning screenwriter, best known as the writer for Merchant Ivory films. ... Academy Awards The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States and most watched awards ceremony in the world. ...

Background

Ivory was born in Berkeley, California to Edward Patrick Ivory and Hallie Millicent. He was educated at the University of Oregon, majoring in Architecture and Fine Arts and then at the University of Southern California Film School. His first film, which he wrote, photographed and produced, was Venice: Theme and Variations, a half-hour documentary submitted as a thesis film for his degree in cinema at USC. The film was named by The New York Times in 1957 as one of the ten best non-theatrical films of the year. Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Sacramento Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq. ... The University of Oregon (UO) is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Fine art is a term used to refer to fields traditionally considered to be artistic. ... The University of Southern California (also known as USC, SC, Southern California and Southern Cal), was founded in 1880 and is Californias oldest private research university, and is located in the urban center of Los Angeles, California. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Merchant Ivory Productions

In 1961, Ivory created the film production company, Merchant Ivory Productions, with Indian-born producer Ismail Merchant and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala who served as the screenwriter for many of their productions. Until Merchant's death in 2005, the company produced a number of award winning films. Of this collaboration, Ismail Merchant once commented: "IT IS a strange marriage we have at Merchant Ivory...I am an Indian Muslim, Ruth is a German Jew, and Jim is a Protestant American. Someone once described us as a three-headed god. Maybe they should have called us a three-headed monster!" [1]. James Ivory (left) and Ismail Merchant (right) in New York City in 1974. ... Motto: Satyameva Jayate Sanskrit: सत्यमेव जयते (Truth Alone Triumphs) Anthem: Jana Gana Mana Capital New Delhi Largest city Mumbai (Bombay) Official language(s) Hindi, English, and 21 other languages Government President Prime Minister Federal republic APJ Abdul Kalam Manmohan Singh Independence  - Declared  - Republic From the United Kingdom 1947-08-15 1950-01... A film producer oversees the making of movies. ... Ismail Merchant Ismail Merchant (December 25, 1936 – May 25, 2005) was an Indian-born film producer, best known for the results of his long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director James Ivory and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. ... Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (born May 7, 1927) is an Academy Award winning screenwriter, best known as the writer for Merchant Ivory films. ...

Merchant was also Ivory's long-term gay partner. Their professional and romantic partnership lasted from the early 1960s until Merchant's death in 2005[2]. In modern society, gay is a word which can be used as either a noun or adjective. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Accolades

In 1985 A Room with a View, based on the E. M. Forster novel, was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and won three, for Jhabvala’s adaptation of Forster’s novel as well as for Best Costume and Best Production Design. A Room With a View was also voted Best Film of the year by the Critic’s Circle Film Section of Great Britain, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the National Board of Review in the United States and in Italy, where the film won the Donatello Prize for Best Foreign Language Picture and Best Director. In 1987, Maurice received a Silver Lion Award for Best director at the Venice Film Festival as well as Best Film Score for Richard Robbins and Best Actor Awards for co-stars James Wilby and Hugh Grant. This article is about the year. ... A Room with a View is a 1986 Academy Award-winning feature film, adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the book of the same name by E. M. Forster. ... E. M. Forster as a young man in about 1905 E.M. Forster should not be confused with C. S. Forester, author of the Horatio Hornblower novels. ... Academy Awards The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States and most watched awards ceremony in the world. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of cinema, to protest New York City Mayor George McClennans revocation of moving-picture exhibition licenses on Christmas Eve 1908. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... DVD cover for the film adaptation of Maurice. ... The Venice Film Festival (it: Mostra Internazionale dArte Cinematografica) is the oldest Film Festival in the World (began in the 1932) and takes place every year in late August/early September on the Lido di Venezia in the historic Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi, in Venice, Italy. ... James Wilby is a British film and stage actor born in Burma in 1958. ... Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960 in London, England) is an English film actor who tends to play the American stereotype of an Englishman. ...

This was followed in 1990 by Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, which was adapted by Ruth Jhabvala from the novels by Evan S. Connell. This film received an Oscar nomination for best Actress (Joanne Woodward), as well as Best Actress and Best Screenplay from the New York Film Critics Circle. This article is about the year. ... Mr. ... Evan S. Connell (b. ... Joanne Woodward Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... New York Film Critics Circle Awards are given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide by an organization of film reviewers from New York City-based publications. ...

In 1992 Ivory directed another Forster-adapted film, Howards End. The film was nominated for nine Academy awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and won three: Best Actress (Emma Thompson), Best Screenplay - Adaptation (Ruth Prawer Jhabvala), and Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (Luciana Arrighi/Ian Whittaker). The film also won Best Picture at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, as well as awards for Best Picture, Best Actress for Emma Thompson and Best Director for Ivory from the National Board of Review. The Directors Guild of America awarded the D.W. Griffith award, its highest honor, to Ivory for his work. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Howards End is a 1992 film based on a novel by E. M. Forster, first published in 1910, which tells the story of class struggle in turn-of-the-century England. ... Thompson in the 1989 film The Tall Guy Emma Thompson (born April 15, 1959) is a two-time Academy Award and BAFTA-winning English actress, comedian, and screenwriter. ... Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (born May 7, 1927) is an Academy Award winning screenwriter, best known as the writer for Merchant Ivory films. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of cinema, to protest New York City Mayor George McClennans revocation of moving-picture exhibition licenses on Christmas Eve 1908. ... Directors Guild of America (DGA) is the labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry. ... David Lewelyn Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 - July 23, 1948) was an American film director (commonly known as D. W. Griffith) probably best known for his film The Birth of a Nation. ...

Filmography

• The White Countess (2006)
• Le Divorce (2003)
• The Golden Bowl (2001)
• A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
• Surviving Picasso (1996)'
• Jefferson in Paris (1995)
• The Remains of the Day (1993)
• Howards End (1992)
• Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990)
• Slaves of New York (1989)
• Maurice (1987)
• Noon Wine (1985) starring Fred Ward
• A Room with a View (1985)
• The Bostonians (1984)
• Heat and Dust (1983)
• Quartet (1981)
• Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
• The Europeans (1979)
• The Five Forty-Eight (1979)
• Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1976)
• Roseland (1977)
• The Wild Party (1975)
• Autobiography of a Princess (1975)
• Savages (1973)
• Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization (1972)
• Bombay Talkie || (1970)
• The Guru (1969)
• Shakespeare Wallah (1965)
• The Delhi Way, documentary narrated by Leo Genn(1964)
• The Householder (1963)
• The Sword and the Flute (1959)
• Venice: Theme and Variations (1957)

The White Countess is a 2005 Merchant/Ivory film set in Shanghai in the 1930s. ... Le Divorce is a 2003 motion picture that tells a story of an American woman who married a French man and her sister visiting her in Paris. ... The Golden Bowl is a 1904 novel by Henry James. ... Surviving Picasso is a 1996 film starring Anthony Hopkins as the famous painter Picasso. ... Jefferson in Paris is a 1995 movie about the US historical figure Thomas Jefferson before he becomes US President. ... The Remains of the Day (1993) is a Merchant Ivory film adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. ... Howards End is a 1992 film based on a novel by E. M. Forster, first published in 1910, which tells the story of class struggle in turn-of-the-century England. ... Mr. ... Maurice (pronounced Morris) is a 1987 film based on the novel of the same title by E. M. Forster. ... Fred Ward Noon Wine is a western novel and a 1985 film (German Title: In der Mittagsglut) is a Western-Drama with Fred Ward and Stellan Skarsgård. ... This article is about the year. ... Ward in Miami Blues (1990) Frederick Ward (born December 30, 1942) is an American actor. ... A Room with a View is a 1986 Academy Award-winning feature film, adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the book of the same name by E. M. Forster. ... The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886. ... Book cover Heat and Dust is a novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala which won the Booker Prize in 1975. ... The Europeans: A sketch is a short novel by Henry James, published in 1878. ... Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnies Pictures (1978) is a film by Merchant Ivory Productions, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory. ... Roseland is a 1977 film made by Merchant Ivory Productions. ... Motion picture The Wild Party (1975) directed by James Ivory and starring James Coco as Jolly Grimm and Raquel Welch as Queenie. ... Autobiography of a Princess (1975) is a film by Merchant Ivory Productions, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory. ... Savages is a 1972 film directed by James Ivory, and written by Michael ODonoghue and George W.S. Trow. ... Bombay Talkie (1970) is a film by Merchant Ivory Productions, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory. ... For other uses of the word Guru, see Guru (disambiguation). ... Shakespeare Wallah is a 1965 film, based on a book of the same name by Geoffrey Kendal, who stars in the film. ... The Delhi Way The Delhi Way is a (1964) documentary about Delhi produced, written, photographed and directed by James Ivory. ... Leo Genn (born August 9, 1905 in London; died January 26, 1978 in London) was a British actor on stage and in films who had studied law at Cambridge and qualified as a barrister. ... The Householder (1963) is a film by Merchant Ivory Productions, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory. ...

External links

• James Ivory at The Internet Movie Database

• James Ivory at screenonline.org.uk
• Biography from Merchant Ivory Productions