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James Ivory

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
19

Gender
Male

Birthday
June 7, 1928 (98 years old)

Place of Birth
Berkeley, California, USA

James Ivory

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.

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Known For

Production

2026Her Song...Executive Producer
2024Merchant Ivory...Executive Producer
2023The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s...Executive Producer
2022Chinese Laundry...Producer
2019The Aspern Papers...Executive Producer
2018American Marriage...Executive Producer
2017Call Me by Your Name...Producer
2010Arcadia Lost...Co-Producer
1985Noon Wine...Executive Producer
1964The Delhi Way...Producer
1959The Sword and the Flute...Producer
1957Venice: Theme and Variations...Producer
Roselli’s Way...Executive Producer
Andorra...Executive Producer

Directing

2022A Cooler Climate...Director
2009The City of Your Final Destination...Director
2005The White Countess...Director
2003Le Divorce...Director
2000The Golden Bowl...Director
1998A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries...Director
1996Surviving Picasso...Director
1995Lumière & Company...Director
1995Jefferson in Paris...Director
1993The Remains of the Day...Director
1992Howards End...Director
1990Mr. & Mrs. Bridge...Director
1989Slaves of New York...Director
1987Maurice...Director
1986A Room with a View...Director
1984The Bostonians...Director
1983Heat and Dust...Director
1982American Playhouse...Director
1981Quartet...Director
1980Jane Austen in Manhattan...Director
1979The Five Forty-Eight...Director
1979The Europeans...Director
1978Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures...Director
1977Roseland...Director
1975Autobiography of a Princess...Director
1975The Wild Party...Director
1972Savages...Director
1972Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization...Director
1970Bombay Talkie...Director
1969The Guru...Director
1965Shakespeare-Wallah...Director
1964The Delhi Way...Director
1963The Householder...Director
1959The Sword and the Flute...Director
1957Venice: Theme and Variations...Director
Richard II...Director

Writing

2022A Cooler Climate...Writer
2018American Marriage...Co-Writer
2017Call Me by Your Name...Screenplay
2003Le Divorce...Writer
1998A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries...Screenplay
1987Maurice...Screenplay
1983The Courtesans of Bombay...Writer
1981Quartet...Screenplay
1973Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls...Writer
1973William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare...Teleplay
1972ABC Afterschool Special...Teleplay
1972Savages...Idea
1972Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization...Writer
1970Bombay Talkie...Screenplay
1969The Guru...Writer
1965Shakespeare-Wallah...Writer
1964The Delhi Way...Writer
1963The Householder...Writer
1959The Sword and the Flute...Writer
1957Venice: Theme and Variations...Writer
Brutta Figura...Writer

Camera

2022A Cooler Climate...Director of Photography
1964The Delhi Way...Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

2006Zefirino: The Voice of a Castrato...Costume Design

Crew

1997Mrs. Dalloway...Thanks
1957Venice: Theme and Variations...Cinematography

Editing

1964The Delhi Way...Editor
1959The Sword and the Flute...Editor

Acting

2024Merchant Ivoryas Self
2022Only in Theatersas Self
2022A Cooler Climateas Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthonyas Self (archive footage)
2020Leçon de cinéma avec James Ivoryas Self - Director, subject
2019E. M. Forster: His Longest Journeyas Self
2019Rich Atmosphere: The Music of Merchant Ivory Filmsas Himself - Narrator
2006Zefirino: The Voice of a Castratoas
2005A Tribute To Ismail Merchantas Self (archive footage)
2004Leçon de Cinémaas Self
2001Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'as Self
2001Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flawas Self
2001The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journeyas Self
1984The Wandering Companyas Self
1953The Oscarsas Self
Ink & Ivoryas Self
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beautyas Self
James Ivory Remembers Ismail Merchantas Himself
Brutta Figuraas James