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James Ivory (b. 1928)

Birthplace:
Berkeley, California, USA

Born:
June 7, 1928

Biography from TheMovieDB

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.    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.

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Film Production

Cinematography:
1957  Venice: Theme and Variations

Co-Writer:
1957  Venice: Theme and Variations
2018  American Marriage

Costume Design:
1957  Venice: Theme and Variations
2006  Zefirino: The Voice of a Castrato
2018  American Marriage

Director:
1957  Venice: Theme and Variations
1959  The Sword and the Flute
1963  The Householder
1964  The Delhi Way
1965  Shakespeare-Wallah
1969  The Guru
1970  Bombay Talkie
1972  Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
1972  Savages
1975  Autobiography of a Princess
1975  The Wild Party
1977  Roseland
1978  Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1979  The Europeans
1979  The Five Forty-Eight
1980  Jane Austen in Manhattan
1981  Quartet
1983  Heat and Dust
1984  The Bostonians
1986  A Room with a View
1987  Maurice
1989  Slaves of New York
1990  Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1992  Howards End
1993  The Remains of the Day
1995  Jefferson in Paris
1995  Lumière and Company
1996  Surviving Picasso
1998  A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
2000  The Golden Bowl
2003  Le Divorce
2005  The White Countess
2006  Zefirino: The Voice of a Castrato
2009  The City of Your Final Destination
2018  American Marriage
2022  A Cooler Climate
????  Richard II

Director of Photography:
1957  Venice: Theme and Variations
1959  The Sword and the Flute
1963  The Householder
1964  The Delhi Way
1965  Shakespeare-Wallah
1969  The Guru
1970  Bombay Talkie
1972  Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
1972  Savages
1975  Autobiography of a Princess
1975  The Wild Party
1977  Roseland
1978  Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1979  The Europeans
1979  The Five Forty-Eight
1980  Jane Austen in Manhattan
1981  Quartet
1983  Heat and Dust
1984  The Bostonians
1986  A Room with a View
1987  Maurice
1989  Slaves of New York
1990  Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1992  Howards End
1993  The Remains of the Day
1995  Jefferson in Paris
1995  Lumière and Company
1996  Surviving Picasso
1998  A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
2000  The Golden Bowl
2003  Le Divorce
2005  The White Countess
2006  Zefirino: The Voice of a Castrato
2009  The City of Your Final Destination
2018  American Marriage
2022  A Cooler Climate
????  Richard II

Editor:
1957  Venice: Theme and Variations
1959  The Sword and the Flute
1963  The Householder
1964  The Delhi Way
1965  Shakespeare-Wallah
1969  The Guru
1970  Bombay Talkie
1972  Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
1972  Savages
1975  Autobiography of a Princess
1975  The Wild Party
1977  Roseland
1978  Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1979  The Europeans
1979  The Five Forty-Eight
1980  Jane Austen in Manhattan
1981  Quartet
1983  Heat and Dust
1984  The Bostonians
1986  A Room with a View
1987  Maurice
1989  Slaves of New York
1990  Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1992  Howards End
1993  The Remains of the Day
1995  Jefferson in Paris
1995  Lumière and Company
1996  Surviving Picasso
1998  A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
2000  The Golden Bowl
2003  Le Divorce
2005  The White Countess
2006  Zefirino: The Voice of a Castrato
2009  The City of Your Final Destination
2018  American Marriage
2022  A Cooler Climate
????  Richard II

Executive Producer:
1957  Venice: Theme and Variations
1959  The Sword and the Flute
1963  The Householder
1964  The Delhi Way
1965  Shakespeare-Wallah
1969  The Guru
1970  Bombay Talkie
1972  Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
1972  Savages
1975  Autobiography of a Princess
1975  The Wild Party
1977  Roseland
1978  Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1979  The Europeans
1979  The Five Forty-Eight
1980  Jane Austen in Manhattan
1981  Quartet
1983  Heat and Dust
1984  The Bostonians
1986  A Room with a View
1987  Maurice
1989  Slaves of New York
1990  Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1992  Howards End
1993  The Remains of the Day
1995  Jefferson in Paris
1995  Lumière and Company
1996  Surviving Picasso
1998  A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
2000  The Golden Bowl
2003  Le Divorce
2005  The White Countess
2006  Zefirino: The Voice of a Castrato
2009  The City of Your Final Destination
2018  American Marriage
2019  The Aspern Papers
2022  A Cooler Climate
2023  Merchant Ivory
2023  The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s
????  Richard II

Idea:
1957  Venice: Theme and Variations
1959  The Sword and the Flute
1963  The Householder
1964  The Delhi Way
1965  Shakespeare-Wallah
1969  The Guru
1970  Bombay Talkie
1972  Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
1972  Savages
1975  Autobiography of a Princess
1975  The Wild Party
1977  Roseland
1978  Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1979  The Europeans
1979  The Five Forty-Eight
1980  Jane Austen in Manhattan
1981  Quartet
1983  Heat and Dust
1984  The Bostonians
1986  A Room with a View
1987  Maurice
1989  Slaves of New York
1990  Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1992  Howards End
1993  The Remains of the Day
1995  Jefferson in Paris
1995  Lumière and Company
1996  Surviving Picasso
1998  A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
2000  The Golden Bowl
2003  Le Divorce
2005  The White Countess
2006  Zefirino: The Voice of a Castrato
2009  The City of Your Final Destination
2018  American Marriage
2019  The Aspern Papers
2022  A Cooler Climate
2023  Merchant Ivory
2023  The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s
????  Richard II

Producer:
1957  Venice: Theme and Variations
1959  The Sword and the Flute
1963  The Householder
1964  The Delhi Way
1965  Shakespeare-Wallah
1969  The Guru
1970  Bombay Talkie
1972  Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
1972  Savages
1975  Autobiography of a Princess
1975  The Wild Party
1977  Roseland
1978  Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1979  The Europeans
1979  The Five Forty-Eight
1980  Jane Austen in Manhattan
1981  Quartet
1983  Heat and Dust
1984  The Bostonians
1986  A Room with a View
1987  Maurice
1989  Slaves of New York
1990  Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1992  Howards End
1993  The Remains of the Day
1995  Jefferson in Paris
1995  Lumière and Company
1996  Surviving Picasso
1998  A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
2000  The Golden Bowl
2003  Le Divorce
2005  The White Countess
2006  Zefirino: The Voice of a Castrato
2009  The City of Your Final Destination
2017  Call Me by Your Name
2018  American Marriage
2019  The Aspern Papers
2022  A Cooler Climate
2022  Chinese Laundry
2023  Merchant Ivory
2023  The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s
????  Richard II

Screenplay:
1957  Venice: Theme and Variations
1959  The Sword and the Flute
1963  The Householder
1964  The Delhi Way
1965  Shakespeare-Wallah
1969  The Guru
1970  Bombay Talkie
1972  Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
1972  Savages
1975  Autobiography of a Princess
1975  The Wild Party
1977  Roseland
1978  Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1979  The Europeans
1979  The Five Forty-Eight
1980  Jane Austen in Manhattan
1981  Quartet
1983  Heat and Dust
1984  The Bostonians
1986  A Room with a View
1987  Maurice
1989  Slaves of New York
1990  Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1992  Howards End
1993  The Remains of the Day
1995  Jefferson in Paris
1995  Lumière and Company
1996  Surviving Picasso
1998  A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
2000  The Golden Bowl
2003  Le Divorce
2005  The White Countess
2006  Zefirino: The Voice of a Castrato
2009  The City of Your Final Destination
2017  Call Me by Your Name
2018  American Marriage
2019  The Aspern Papers
2022  A Cooler Climate
2022  Chinese Laundry
2023  Merchant Ivory
2023  The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s
????  Richard II

Story:
1957  Venice: Theme and Variations
1959  The Sword and the Flute
1963  The Householder
1964  The Delhi Way
1965  Shakespeare-Wallah
1969  The Guru
1970  Bombay Talkie
1972  Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
1972  Savages
1975  Autobiography of a Princess
1975  The Wild Party
1977  Roseland
1978  Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1979  The Europeans
1979  The Five Forty-Eight
1980  Jane Austen in Manhattan
1981  Quartet
1983  Heat and Dust
1984  The Bostonians
1986  A Room with a View
1987  Maurice
1989  Slaves of New York
1990  Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1992  Howards End
1993  The Remains of the Day
1995  Jefferson in Paris
1995  Lumière and Company
1996  Surviving Picasso
1998  A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
2000  The Golden Bowl
2003  Le Divorce
2005  The White Countess
2006  Zefirino: The Voice of a Castrato
2009  The City of Your Final Destination
2017  Call Me by Your Name
2018  American Marriage
2019  The Aspern Papers
2022  A Cooler Climate
2022  Chinese Laundry
2023  Merchant Ivory
2023  The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s
????  Richard II

Teleplay:
1957  Venice: Theme and Variations
1959  The Sword and the Flute
1963  The Householder
1964  The Delhi Way
1965  Shakespeare-Wallah
1969  The Guru
1970  Bombay Talkie
1972  Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
1972  Savages
1973  William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
1975  Autobiography of a Princess
1975  The Wild Party
1977  Roseland
1978  Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1979  The Europeans
1979  The Five Forty-Eight
1980  Jane Austen in Manhattan
1981  Quartet
1983  Heat and Dust
1984  The Bostonians
1986  A Room with a View
1987  Maurice
1989  Slaves of New York
1990  Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1992  Howards End
1993  The Remains of the Day
1995  Jefferson in Paris
1995  Lumière and Company
1996  Surviving Picasso
1998  A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
2000  The Golden Bowl
2003  Le Divorce
2005  The White Countess
2006  Zefirino: The Voice of a Castrato
2009  The City of Your Final Destination
2017  Call Me by Your Name
2018  American Marriage
2019  The Aspern Papers
2022  A Cooler Climate
2022  Chinese Laundry
2023  Merchant Ivory
2023  The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s
????  Richard II

Thanks:
1957  Venice: Theme and Variations
1959  The Sword and the Flute
1963  The Householder
1964  The Delhi Way
1965  Shakespeare-Wallah
1969  The Guru
1970  Bombay Talkie
1972  Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
1972  Savages
1973  William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
1975  Autobiography of a Princess
1975  The Wild Party
1977  Roseland
1978  Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1979  The Europeans
1979  The Five Forty-Eight
1980  Jane Austen in Manhattan
1981  Quartet
1983  Heat and Dust
1984  The Bostonians
1986  A Room with a View
1987  Maurice
1989  Slaves of New York
1990  Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1992  Howards End
1993  The Remains of the Day
1995  Jefferson in Paris
1995  Lumière and Company
1996  Surviving Picasso
1997  Mrs. Dalloway
1998  A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
2000  The Golden Bowl
2003  Le Divorce
2005  The White Countess
2006  Zefirino: The Voice of a Castrato
2009  The City of Your Final Destination
2017  Call Me by Your Name
2018  American Marriage
2019  The Aspern Papers
2022  A Cooler Climate
2022  Chinese Laundry
2023  Merchant Ivory
2023  The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s
????  Richard II

Writer:
1957  Venice: Theme and Variations
1959  The Sword and the Flute
1963  The Householder
1964  The Delhi Way
1965  Shakespeare-Wallah
1969  The Guru
1970  Bombay Talkie
1972  Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
1972  Savages
1973  Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls
1973  William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
1975  Autobiography of a Princess
1975  The Wild Party
1977  Roseland
1978  Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1979  The Europeans
1979  The Five Forty-Eight
1980  Jane Austen in Manhattan
1981  Quartet
1983  Heat and Dust
1983  The Courtesans of Bombay
1984  The Bostonians
1986  A Room with a View
1987  Maurice
1989  Slaves of New York
1990  Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1992  Howards End
1993  The Remains of the Day
1995  Jefferson in Paris
1995  Lumière and Company
1996  Surviving Picasso
1997  Mrs. Dalloway
1998  A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
2000  The Golden Bowl
2003  Le Divorce
2005  The White Countess
2006  Zefirino: The Voice of a Castrato
2009  The City of Your Final Destination
2017  Call Me by Your Name
2018  American Marriage
2019  The Aspern Papers
2022  A Cooler Climate
2022  Chinese Laundry
2023  Merchant Ivory
2023  The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s
????  Brutta Figura
????  Richard II

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TV Production

Teleplay:
1972  ABC Afterschool Special

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