Background
Merchant, Ismail Noormohamed was born on December 25, 1936 in Bombay. Arrived in the United States, 1958. Son of Noormohamed and Hazrabi (Memon) Rehman.
(Ismail Merchant's remarkable film brings to life the raci...)
Ismail Merchant's remarkable film brings to life the racial tensions and the uncertainties of ambigous cultural identity in an India newly liberated from British domination.
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(From the dust jacket flap: At a time when film-making w...)
From the dust jacket flap: At a time when film-making was still dominated by the major studios, the twenty-five-year-old Ismail Merchant, with one short documentary film to his credit, established himself as an independent producer of feature films. In partnership with the American director James Ivory and the German-born writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, his company, Merchant Ivory Productions, has been responsible for some of the most critically acclaimed films of the last twenty-six years. This book is an account of the making of one film in the life of an extraordinary film-maker. At the end of 1987 he realized two long-cherished wishes: to film the John Masters novel "The Deceivers" and to work with new collaborators under the Merchant Ivory umbrella. While making "The Deceivers," Merchant's set took on the nature of a battlefield. He had to face conflicts with new collaborators, internal feuding, the complexities of the Indian legal system, local politics and local corruption and finally, arrest. . . .
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( The complete screenplay, photos, and Merchant's own acc...)
The complete screenplay, photos, and Merchant's own account of the making of this special film.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/155704306X/?tag=2022091-20
Merchant, Ismail Noormohamed was born on December 25, 1936 in Bombay. Arrived in the United States, 1958. Son of Noormohamed and Hazrabi (Memon) Rehman.
Bachelor, St. Xavier's College, Bombay, 1958. Master of Business Administration, New York University, 1960.
Vice president Merchant Ivory Productions Incorporated, New York York City, 1962—2005.
(From the dust jacket flap: At a time when film-making w...)
(Ismail Merchant's remarkable film brings to life the raci...)
( The complete screenplay, photos, and Merchant's own acc...)
Fellow: British Academy Film and television Arts (honorary).