Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE (7 May 1927 – 3 April 2013) was a German-born British and American Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. She is perhaps best known for her long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, made up of director James Ivory and the late producer Ismail Merchant. Jhabvala wrote a dozen novels, 23 screenplays and eight collections of short stories and was made a CBE in 1998 and granted a joint fellowship by BAFTA in 2002 with Ivory and Merchant. She is the only person to have won both a Booker Prize and an Oscar.
She was approached by Merchant and Ivory for permission to make a film of her 1960 novel The Householder. She agreed to write the screenplay, and it was the beginning of a successful partnership.
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She was born into a Jewish family which fled Nazi Germany in 1939 to begin a new life in Britain. She met her future husband in London, and they moved to his native India in the 1950s.
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She studied English literature at St. Mary College, University of London, and received her degree in 1951.
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Became a U.S Citizen in 1986.
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Both of her Oscar wins were for adapted screenplays of E.M. Forster novels.
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She was awarded the Booker Prize for her novel, "Heat and Dust," in 1975.
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She was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1998 Queen's Honours List for her services to Literature.
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The screenwriting partner of the Merchant Ivory production team.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The City of Your Final Destination
2009
screenplay
Le divorce
2003
screenplay
The Golden Bowl
2000
screenplay
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998
screenplay
Surviving Picasso
1996
screenplay
Jefferson in Paris
1995
written by
The Remains of the Day
1993
screenplay
Howards End
1992
screenplay
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990
screenplay
Madame Sousatzka
1988
screenplay
A Room with a View
1985
screenplay
The Bostonians
1984
screenplay
Heat and Dust
1983
novel / screenplay
The Courtesans of Bombay
1983
TV Movie documentary a film made by
Quartet
1981
screenplay
Jane Austen in Manhattan
1980
written by
The Europeans
1979
screenplay
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1978
TV Movie story
Roseland
1977
story and screenplay
Autobiography of a Princess
1975
written by - as R. Prawer Jhabvala
The Place of Peace
1975
TV Movie
ABC Afterschool Specials
1973
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
Bombay Talkie
1970
screenplay - as R. Prawer Jhabvala
The Guru
1969
story written for the screen by - as R. Prawer Jhabvala
Shakespeare-Wallah
1965
story and screenplay - as R. Prawer Jhabvala
The Householder
1963
dialogue - as R. Prawer Jhabvala / novel - as R. Prawer Jhabvala / screenplay - as R. Prawer Jhabvala
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Guru
1969
as R. Prawer Jhabvala, "Tom's Boat Song"
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Street Musicians of Bombay
1994
Documentary thanks - as Ruth and Cyrus Jhabvala
Streetwise
1984
Documentary thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
James Ivory
2004
TV Movie documentary
Herself
In Ismail's Custody
1994
Video documentary
Writer
Love and Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
1993
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The Wandering Company
1984
TV Movie documentary
Writer
The South Bank Show
1979
TV Series documentary
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 86th Annual Academy Awards
2014
TV Special
Herself - Writer (In Memoriam)
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2003
Screenwriters Tribute
Nantucket Film Festival
1997
Writer Award
Gotham Awards
1994
Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement
Writers Guild of America, USA
1993
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Howards End (1992)
1993
Special Award
National Board of Review, USA
1990
NYFCC Award
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Screenplay
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
1987
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
A Room with a View (1985)
1987
WGA Award (Screen)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
A Room with a View (1985)
1984
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Screenplay - Adapted
Heat and Dust (1983)
1984
ALFS Award
London Critics Circle Film Awards
Screenwriter of the Year
Heat and Dust (1983)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1994
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
The Remains of the Day (1993)
1994
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
The Remains of the Day (1993)
1994
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Screenplay - Adapted
The Remains of the Day (1993)
1994
CFCA Award
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Best Screenplay
The Remains of the Day (1993)
1994
USC Scripter Award
USC Scripter Award
The Remains of the Day (1993)
1994
WGA Award (Screen)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
The Remains of the Day (1993)
1993
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Howards End (1992)
1993
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Screenplay - Adapted
Howards End (1992)
1993
USC Scripter Award
USC Scripter Award
Howards End (1992)
1993
WGA Award (Screen)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
$12 Million
