James Ivory papers, ca. 1960-2005

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James Ivory papers, ca. 1960-2005

James Francis Ivory (b. 1928) is an American director best known for the films he made as part of Merchant Ivory Productions, the production company he formed with his longtime collaborator, producer Ismail Merchant. The James Ivory papers comprise his personal and professional papers, and include materials relating to Ivory's feature films, television programs and commercials, Merchant Ivory Productions materials and Ivory's published and unpublished writings, including papers he wrote as a student at the University of Oregon. The collection includes correspondence, screenplays, treatments, storyboards, production notes, promotional material, legal and financial notes, articles, reviews, sketchbooks, notebooks and photographs.

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University of Oregon Libraries

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Merchant, Ismail

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Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013

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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala CBE was a German-born British and American author and screenwriter. Born in Cologne, Germany, she fled with her family under the Nazi Regime to Britain. After meeting Cyrus Jhabvala in England, she married him and moved to India in 1951. The couple lived in New Delhi and had three daughters. Jhabvala began then to elaborate her experiences in India and wrote novels and tales on Indian subjects. She wrote a dozen novels, 23 screenplays, and eight collections of short stories....

Ivory, James.

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James Ivory was born in Berkeley, Calif., on June 7, 1928 to Edward Ivory, a lumber mill owner, and Hallie DeLoney Ivory. James attended school in Klamath Falls, Or., and studied art at the University of Oregon and film production at the University of Southern California. While at USC Ivory made his first film, a documentary on the city of Venice as seen through its art, entitled "Venice : Themes & Variations" (1951). Ivory's second documentary, "The Sword and the Flute" (1959), treated Indi...

Merchant Ivory productions

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