James Ivory becomes oldest Oscar winner

Los Angeles March 5 (IANS) Filmmaker James Ivory who once worked closely with late Indian star Shashi Kapoor became the oldest Oscar winner at 89 for his adapted screenplay for Call Me By Your Name.

The screenplay of the gay romance movie directed by Luca Guadagnino is based on the eponymous novel by Andre Aciman. Ivory beat other movies contenders for "The Disaster Artist" "Logan" "Molly s Game" and "Mudbound" for the award. This was Ivory s fourth Oscar nomination but the first in the adapted screenplay ategory. Earlier Ivory had received directing nominations for "A Room with a View" (1986) "Howards End" (1992) and "The Remains of the Day" (1993). Ivory flaunting a shirt emblazoned with the face of "Call Me By Your Name" star Timothee Chalamet on Sunday night thanked his deceased Merchant Ivory partners Ismail Merchant and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala as well as Aciman. "I wouldn t be standing up here without the inspired help I received from my life s partners who are gone " he said. He continued giving his "profound thanks to the members of the Academy" and giving a nod to Sony Pictures Classics. Ivory and his partners collaborated on multiple films. Some like "The Householder" "Shakespeare Wallah" "The Guru" "Bombay Talkie" and "In Custody" featured Bollywood star Shashi Kapoor who died in December last year. --IANS rb/ksk