Ismail Merchant

Age: 68

Summary: Indian-born film producer and director best known for the results of his famously long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions alongside screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala whose 44-year partnership with James Ivory defined the period-piece genre with such intelligent, sumptuous dramas as A Room With a View, Howards End, and The Remains of the Day.

Cause of Death: Complications from abdominal ulcers

Born: December 25, 1936

Died: May 25, 2005

Location: London, England