FILM DIRECTOR

Ismail Merchant

1936 - 2005

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Ismail Merchant (born Ismail Noor Muhammad Abdul Rahman; 25 December 1936 – 24 May 2005) was an Indian film producer. He worked for many years in collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included film director (and Merchant's longtime professional and domestic partner) James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Together they made acclaimed film adaptations from the novels of E.M. Forster and Henry James. Merchant received the BAFTA Award for Best Film for A Room with a View (1985), and Howards End (1992). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ismail Merchant is the 1,313th most popular film director (up from 1,437th in 2019), the 797th most popular biography from India (up from 816th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ismail Merchant ranks 1,313 out of 2,041. Before him are Alan Crosland, Bertrand Bonello, Wally Pfister, Guru Dutt, Aleksandr Zarkhi, and Douglas Trumbull. After him are David Koepp, José Padilha, Walter Lassally, Nunnally Johnson, Michel Brault, and Kirill Serebrennikov.

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Among people born in 1936, Ismail Merchant ranks 482. Before him are Hannu Salama, Carl Kaufmann, Lawrence Gordon, Oreste Corbatta, Hans Grodotzki, and Rubén Héctor Sosa. After him are Marino Klinger, Ferenc Németh, Gavriil Popov, Žarko Nikolić, Hugh Anderson, and Isaac Berger. Among people deceased in 2005, Ismail Merchant ranks 304. Before him are Maria Vierdag, Jim Capaldi, Atef Sedky, Miriam Rothschild, Raoul Bott, and Humphrey Carpenter. After him are David Lange, Hubert Curien, Leonid Shamkovich, Percy Heath, Faimalaga Luka, and Lucky Thompson.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ismail Merchant ranks 797 out of 1,861. Before him are Parineeti Chopra (1988), Rolf Edling (1943), Guru Dutt (1925), Dwarkanath Tagore (1794), Jennifer Winget (1985), and Surendranath Banerjee (1848). After him are Spike Milligan (1918), Danny Denzongpa (1948), Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896), Stan Swamy (1937), Preity Zinta (1975), and Verghese Kurien (1921).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Ismail Merchant ranks 13. Before him are Dadasaheb Phalke (1870), Shyam Benegal (1934), Dara Singh (1928), Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914), S. Shankar (1963), and Guru Dutt (1925). After him are Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), Goutam Ghose (1950), Tarsem Singh (1961), Deepa Mehta (1950), Ardeshir Irani (1886), and Deepak Tijori (1961).

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