Solid Ivory

In Solid Ivory a carefully crafted mosaic of memories portraits and reflections the Academy Award winning filmmaker James Ivory tells stories from his remarkable life and career as one of the most influential directors of his time. At times he touches on his love affairs looking back coolly and with unexpected frankness.

From first meeting his collaborator and life partner Ismail Merchant at the Indian Consulate in New York to winning an Academy Award at age eighty-nine for Call Me by Your Name Ivory writes with invariable fluency wit and perception about what made him who he is and how he made the movies for which he is known and loved.

Solid Ivory edited by Peter Cameron is an utterly winning portrait of an extraordinary life told by an unmatched storyteller.