Cast & creator
James Ivory
Best known for American Playhouse, ABC Afterschool Special, The Oscars
James Francis Ivory (born June 7, 1928) is an American film director, best known for the results of his long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, which included both Indian-born film producer Ismail Merchant, and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Their films won six Academy Awards. Ivory has been nominated three times for the Best Director Oscar, and won his first Academy Award at the age of 89 in 2018, Best Adapted Screenplay for Call Me by Your Name. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Ivory, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: James Francis Ivory
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1953–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (97)
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American Playhouse
Director
1982
ABC Afterschool Special
Teleplay
1972
The Oscars
Self
1953
Call Me by Your Name
Screenplay
2017Call Me by Your Name
Producer
2017
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
2004
A Room with a View
Director
1986
The Remains of the Day
Director
1993
Howards End
Director
1992
Maurice
Director
1987Maurice
Screenplay
1987
Merchant Ivory
Self
2024Merchant Ivory
Executive Producer
2024
Le Divorce
Director
2003Le Divorce
Writer
2003
The City of Your Final Destination
Director
2009
Surviving Picasso
Director
1996
The White Countess
Director
2005
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
2021
Jefferson in Paris
Director
1995
Heat and Dust
Director
1983
Her Song
Executive Producer
2026
The Golden Bowl
Director
2000
Slaves of New York
Director
1989
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Director
1990
Only in Theaters
Self
2022
Mrs. Dalloway
Thanks
1997
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Screenplay
1998A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Director
1998
The Europeans
Director
1979
Lumière & Company
Director
1995
The Bostonians
Director
1984
Jane Austen in Manhattan
Director
1980
Andorra
Executive Producer
Chinese Laundry
Producer
2022
The Aspern Papers
Executive Producer
2019
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
Self (archive footage)
2005
The Wild Party
Director
1975
A Cooler Climate
Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
2022A Cooler Climate
Director
2022A Cooler Climate
Writer
2022A Cooler Climate
Director of Photography
2022
Autobiography of a Princess
Director
1975
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
Teleplay
1973
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Director
1978
The Five Forty-Eight
Director
1979
Venice: Theme and Variations
Director
1957Venice: Theme and Variations
Cinematography
1957Venice: Theme and Variations
Writer
1957Venice: Theme and Variations
Producer
1957
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
Self
2019
Quartet
Director
1981Quartet
Screenplay
1981
Rich Atmosphere: The Music of Merchant Ivory Films
Himself - Narrator
2019
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
Self
2001Richard II
Director
Brutta Figura
James
Brutta Figura
Writer
American Marriage
Co-Writer
2018American Marriage
Executive Producer
2018
Shakespeare-Wallah
Director
1965Shakespeare-Wallah
Writer
1965
Noon Wine
Executive Producer
1985
The Courtesans of Bombay
Writer
1983
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw
Self
2001
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
Self
2001
Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls
Writer
1973
Savages
Director
1972Savages
Idea
1972
Bombay Talkie
Director
1970Bombay Talkie
Screenplay
1970
Roseland
Director
1977
Arcadia Lost
Co-Producer
2010
James Ivory Remembers Ismail Merchant
Himself
The Sword and the Flute
Director
1959The Sword and the Flute
Producer
1959The Sword and the Flute
Writer
1959The Sword and the Flute
Editor
1959
The Wandering Company
Self
1984
The Householder
Writer
1963The Householder
Director
1963
The Delhi Way
Director
1964The Delhi Way
Editor
1964The Delhi Way
Producer
1964The Delhi Way
Writer
1964The Delhi Way
Director of Photography
1964Ink & Ivory
Self
The Guru
Director
1969The Guru
Writer
1969
The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s
Executive Producer
2023Zefirino: The Voice of a Castrato
2006Zefirino: The Voice of a Castrato
Costume Design
2006Leçon de cinéma avec James Ivory
Self - Director, subject
2020Roselli’s Way
Executive Producer
Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
Director
1972Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
Writer
1972James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty
Self