Ismail Merchant Overview

Biography

Bombay-born producer Ismail Merchant was one half of the prolific Merchant/Ivory team, responsible for an oeuvre of handsome and thoughtful independent films reflecting an eye for the beautiful and an ear for the carefully wrought line of dialogue. Along with Oregon-raised director James Ivory and the German-raised screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (a Polish Jew educated in Britain and married to...