biography
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Ivory, James (Francis)
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| Film director, born in Berkeley, California, USA. As a student at the University of Southern California, he directed a short subject, Four in the Morning (1953), and was then commissioned by the Asia Society to go to India to make a documentary (1960). There, in partnership with a local producer, Ismail Merchant, he formed Merchant-Ivory Productions in 1961, which became one of the most enduring and productive of independent film associations. International success came with Shakespeare Wallah (1965), which he wrote with Ruth Jhabvala, and other films dealing with the clash of cultural sensibilities in India.International success came with Shakespeare Wallah (1965), which he wrote with Ruth Jhabvala, and other films dealing with the clash of cultural sensibilities in India. Basing their company in the USA from the early 1970s, the Ivory–Merchant team enjoyed its greatest success with relatively pure adaptations of literary works, such as The Europeans (1979), The Bostonians (1984), A Room With a View (1987), and Howard's End (1992, BAFTA best film). He also wrote Bombay Talkie (1970), and wrote and produced A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998). In 2002 they were awarded a BAFTA Fellowship for outstanding contributions to world cinema. |
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