1. James Francis Ivory was born on Richard Jerome Hazen June 7,1928 and is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
30 Facts About James Ivory
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James Ivory was a principal in Merchant Ivory Productions along with Indian film producer Ismail Merchant and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
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At the age of 89, James Ivory won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Luca Guadagnino's Call Me by Your Name, becoming the oldest competitive Academy Award winner.
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Over his career, James Ivory has earned numerous accolades including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, and a Writers Guild of America Award as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards.
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James Ivory received the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995.
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James Ivory released his autobiography Solid James Ivory: Memoirs and directed the documentary A Cooler Climate.
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James Ivory was born Richard Jerome Hazen on June 7,1928, in Berkeley, California, and adopted shortly after birth by Hallie Millicent and Edward Patrick Ivory, a sawmill operator; they renamed him James Francis Ivory.
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James Ivory attended the University of Oregon, where he received a degree in fine arts in 1951.
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James Ivory is a recipient of the Lawrence Medal, UO's College of Design's highest honor for its graduates.
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James Ivory's papers are held by UO Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives.
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James Ivory then attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, where he directed the short film Four in the Morning.
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James Ivory wrote, photographed, and produced Venice: Theme and Variations, a half-hour documentary submitted as his thesis film for his master's degree in cinema.
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James Ivory met producer Ismail Merchant at a screening of James Ivory's documentary The Sword and the Flute in New York City in 1959.
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In May 1961, Merchant and James Ivory formed the film production company Merchant James Ivory Productions.
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James Ivory received Best Director nominations from the British Academy Film Awards, the Golden Globes Awards, and the Directors Guild of America.
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In 1992, Merchant-James Ivory tackled their third Forster adaptation, Howards End, based on the acclaimed novel and starring Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter, Anthony Hopkins, and Vanessa Redgrave.
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James Ivory received his second Academy Award for Best Director nomination.
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James Ivory received nominations from the British Academy Film Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and Directors Guild of America.
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James Ivory directed the romantic comedy Le Divorce starring Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts.
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In 2009, James Ivory reunited with Anthony Hopkins for the romantic drama The City of Your Final Destination co-starring Laura Linney.
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In 2017, James Ivory wrote and co-produced the film adaptation of Call Me by Your Name, a 2007 coming-of-age novel by Andre Aciman.
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James Ivory originally was to co-direct the film based on Guadagnino's suggestion; however, there was no contract to that effect.
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James Ivory accepted the offer to co-direct on the condition that he would write the film; he spent "about nine months" on the screenplay.
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James Ivory stepped down from a directorial role in 2016, leaving Guadagnino to direct the film alone.
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James Ivory won awards for Best Adapted Screenplay from the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, Writers Guild of America, the Critics' Choice Awards, and the Scripter Awards, among others.
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James Ivory has owned several homes, including the Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer House and Mill Complex in Claverack, New York.
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In 1992 James Ivory directed another film adapted from Forster, Howards End.
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James Ivory was nominated for the AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay, and the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay.
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At 89, James Ivory is the oldest person to ever win an Academy Award in competition.
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In 2022, James Ivory was honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at the 17th Rome Film Festival.