Ismail Merchant was born on December 25, 1936 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India] as Ismail Noormohamed Abdul Rehman. He was a producer and director, known for Retour à Howards End (1992), Chambre avec vue... (1985) and Les vestiges du jour (1993). He died on May 25, 2005 in London, England.