Premise: Ismail Merchant (25 December 1936 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian-born film producer and director. He worked for many years in collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director (and Merchant's longtime professional and domestic partner) James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Their films won six Academy Awards.
Hypothesis: Meerchant Ivory Productions was a company that both Ismail Merchant and James Ivory were a part of, and Ismail Merchant was not just a director, as he also was an actor and director