James Ivory

James Francis Ivory is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. For many years, he worked extensively with Indian film producer Ismail Merchant, his domestic as well as professional partner, and with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. All three were principals in Merchant Ivory Productions, whose films have won seven Academy Awards; Ivory himself has been nominated for four Oscars, winning one.

7 June 1928

Born on the same birth day (7 June): "Superstar" Billy Graham • Cafu • Charlotte of Belgium • Emily Ratajkowski • Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia • Fetty Wap • Ichijō Kaneyoshi • Imre Nagy • James J. Braddock • John III of Portugal • Juan Luis Guerra • Louise Erdrich • Mike Pence • Paul Gauguin • Peter W. Rodino • Prince (musician) • Yuli Turovsky

Born in the same month (June 1928): Bill Sheffield • Che Guevara • Fabiola of Belgium • Harold Evans • Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli • Klaus von Dohnanyi • Margit Bara • Maurice Sendak • Michael Blakemore • Nancy Marchand • Nathaniel Tarn • Patrick Hemingway • Peyo • Renée Morisset • Ron Reynolds (footballer, born 1928) • Rudy Perpich • Steve Dodd • Vic Damone • Wolfgang Haken