born June 7, 1928, Berkeley, Calif., U.S. U.S. film director. While directing a documentary on India in the 1960s, he met a local producer, Ismail N. Merchant (b. 1936), beginning cinema's longest-lasting partnership. They made several films written by Ivory and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala before their first international success, Shakespeare Wallah (1965). It was followed by a series of well-received adaptations of noted literary works, including The Europeans (1979), The Bostonians (1984), A Room with a View (1986, Academy Award), Maurice (1987), Howards End (1992), and The Remains of the Day (1993). Ivory's films were noted for their attention to period detail and excellent acting
born June 7, 1928, Berkeley, Calif., U.S. U.S. film director. While directing a documentary on India in the 1960s, he met a local producer, Ismail N. Merchant (b. 1936), beginning cinema's longest-lasting partnership. They made several films written by Ivory and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala before their first international success, Shakespeare Wallah (1965). It was followed by a series of well-received adaptations of noted literary works, including The Europeans (1979), The Bostonians (1984), A Room with a View (1986, Academy Award), Maurice (1987), Howards End (1992), and The Remains of the Day (1993). Ivory's films were noted for their attention to period detail and excellent acting
a respected British film company started by the producer Ismail Merchant (1936- ) and the director James Ivory (1928- ). Many of their films, such as A Room with a View (1983), Howards End (1991), and The Remains of the Day (1992), are based on well-known works of English literature, and they are often about the lives of upper class English people in the early 20th century, and about the English class system and its effects on people's behaviour
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/ˈīvrē/ /ˈaɪvriː/
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[ 'Iv-rE, 'I-v&-rE ] (noun.) 13th century. From Anglo-Norman ivorie, from Old Northern French ivurie, from Latin eboreus 'in or of ivory', form ebur 'ivory', from Coptic ebu 'elephant', from Egyptian