Ivory, James (Francis) (1928- )

US film director. He established his reputation with the Indian-made Shakespeare Wallah (1965), which began collaborations with Ishmail Merchant and the writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Ivory subsequently directed films in various genres in India, the USA, and Europe, but became associated with adaptations of classic literature, including The Bostonians (1984), A Room with a View (1987), and Howards End (1992).

Other films include The Europeans (1979), Maurice (1987), The Remains of the Day (1993), Jefferson in Paris (1995), Surviving Picasso (1996), and Le Divorce (2003).