James Ivory

Director, Writer, Producer

Birthdate: Jun 7, 1928

Birthplace: Berkeley, California, USA

The main part of his few movies were filmed in the quarter of a century in which he worked closely together with the Indian producer Ismail Merchant and the German writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. His first films are all set in India and are very much influenced by the style of Satyajit Ray and Jean Renoir. After this period, he filmed three stories in New York and then dedicated his work to the great works of the English literature which made him internationally famous. Examples of this period are The Europeans (1979) and The Bostonians (1984) by Henry James, Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980) by Jane Austen, Quartet (1981) by Jean Rhys or A Room with a View (1985) and Maurice (1987) by E.M. Forster.

James Ivory Movies

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2024 |
Merchant Ivory
Merchant Ivory
2024
1h 52m
Documentary
7.7
Follows the history of the Merchant Ivory partnership, featuring interviews with James Ivory and close collaborators detailing and celebrating their experiences of being a part of the company.

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2022 |
A Cooler Climate
2022 |
Only in Theaters
Only in Theaters
2022
1h 34m
Documentary
7.2
There's been a Laemmle in the movie business since there's been a movie business. Only in Theaters chronicles 4 generations dedicated to the art of film. This is a story about a family business, but also about the future of cinema.
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2009 |
The City of Your Final Destination
2006 |
Autour du fleuve
2005 |
The White Countess
2003 |
The Divorce
2001 |
La fabrique aux acteurs
2000 |
The Golden Bowl
1998 |
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1996 |
Surviving Picasso
1995 |
Jefferson in Paris
1993 |
The Remains of the Day
1992 |
Howards End
1990 |
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1989 |
Slaves of New York
1985 |
A Room with a View
1984 |
The Bostonians
1983 |
Heat and Dust
1980 |
Jane Austen in Manhattan
1979 |
The Europeans
1977 |
Roseland
1975 |
Autobiography of a Princess
1975 |
The Wild Party
1970 |
Bombay Talkie
1969 |
The Guru
1964 |
The Delhi Way
1963 |
The Householder

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2019 |
Quartet
Quartet
2019
R
1h 41m
Drama, Romance
6.2
Finding herself penniless after her art-dealer husband Stephan is convicted of theft, Marya Zelli accepts the hospitality of a strange couple, H.J. and Lois Heidler, who let her live in their home.
2017 |
Shakespeare-Wallah
Shakespeare-Wallah
2017
Other
2h
Drama, Romance
6.8
The family troupe of English actors in India, performing Shakespearean plays, witness India's transformation as Maharajas shift to hotel owners, sports dominate, and theater replaced by Bolliwood movies.
2012 |
Savages
Savages
2012
R
2h 11m
Crime, Drama, Thriller
6.4
Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
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1992 |
Howards End
Howards End
1992
PG
2h 22m
Drama, Romance
7.4
Set in the early 20th century, class distinctions and troubled relations affect the relationship between two families and the ownership of a cherished British estate known as Howards End.
1987 |
Maurice
Maurice
1987
R
2h 20m
Drama, Romance
7.6
Two English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up Maurice and marries. While staying with Clive and his wife, Maurice discovers romance in the arms of the gamekeeper Alec.
1986 |
A Room with a View
A Room with a View
1986
TV-MA
1h 57m
Drama, Romance
7.2
Lucy Honeychurch shares a brief romance with George Emerson in Florence. Yet as she tries to move on with her life and look for marriage elsewhere, can she truly forget the events of that summer?
1983 |
Heat and Dust
Heat and Dust
1983
R
2h 10m
Drama, Romance
6.5
Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her grand-aunt, she is led to reconsider her own life.

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2017 |
Call Me by Your Name
Call Me by Your Name
2017
2h 12m
Drama, Romance
7.8
It's the summer of 1983, and 17-year-old Elio is spending the days with his family at their villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver, who's working as an intern for Elio's father. They discover the heady beauty of awakening desire.