Ismail Merchant 1936-2005
One half of the film making and life partnership Merchant-Ivory, the Mumbai-native, whose "literate costume dramas"(often in collaboration with screenwriter Ruth Prewar Jhabvala) gave us all a reason to go back to the movies, died recently in London after a brief illness. Maurice, Howard's End, Room With A View, and many more... what a genius!
London Times Obit