James Ivory

Director and writer. Born 7 June 1928 in Berkeley, California, USA.

Titles on Fi1m4 directing · 1 writing

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 4 titles

Oscar1 won · 4 nominated

Born

7 June 1928, Berkeley, California, USA

Active

1986–2017

Frequently works with

Ismail Merchant, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Anthony Hopkins, Denholm Elliott, Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter, Hugh Grant

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

85Fi1m

78Critics

We rate James’s work 7 points above the press, across 4 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above4

60 to 790

Under 600

Of 4 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 4 films
Screen time: 9 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $73m across 4 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar1 won · 4 nominated
Active: 1986–2017

Genres

Drama4
Romance4

Best and worst on Fi1m

88BestThe Remains of the Day1993

83WorstMaurice1987

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

21950s

41960s

121970s

101980s

81990s

52000s

42010s

52020s

Co-stars most worked with

Anthony Hopkins2 titles

Denholm Elliott2 titles

Emma Thompson2 titles

Helena Bonham Carter2 titles

Hugh Grant2 titles

Producers most worked with

Ismail Merchant4 titles