Howards End Director James Ivory, 96, on Being a Gay Icon and Why He Didnt Come Out in the 90s (Exclusive)

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Howards End Director James Ivory, 96, on Being a Gay Icon and Why He Didnt Come Out in the 90s (Exclusive)

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Oscar-winning screenwriter and veteran director James Ivory, who is considered to be a gay icon, says that being out in Hollywood or a "gay filmmaker" is a modern concept. "It's kind of a new idea," he tells PEOPLE. It's especially true for him and his late romantic and producing partner, Ismail Merchant, who didn't discuss their sexuality during the height of Merchant Ivory Productions' success in the early 1990s, which is chronicled in director Stephen Soucy's new documentary Merchant Ivory.
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