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THEY CALLED HIS NAME

James Ivory

LEE JUILLERAT LARRY TURNER

T hey did call him by his name. Guild of America Awards and the 71st British Academy Film Awards
(BAFTA). “But there are always upsets. I was not absolutely sure I was
James Ivory, who grew up in Klamath Falls, went to college in going to get it. I was more nervous if I’d be able to make an acceptable
Eugene and spends several weeks each summer at his family’s Lake of acceptance speech if I did get it. My fear was I was going to mess it up.”
the Woods cabin, heard his name called at the 90th annual Academy
Awards ceremony in Hollywood last March. After being previously Then age 89, the now 90-year-old Ivory is the oldest person to win an
nominated three times for best director, he won his first Oscar for best Oscar. But after all the attention, he prefers to escape the limelight and
adapted screenplay, Call Me by Your Name. instead focus on what might come next. What that is remains uncer-
tain, but it’s guaranteed he’ll keep his creative juices flowing.
It wasn’t a total surprise. “The general thought was I was going to get
it,” he says, noting he was the favorite because he earned similar honors Ivory isn’t resting. He’s involved in three projects, including writing
earlier in the year at the 23rd Critics’ Choice Awards, 70th Writers a script for an untitled film based on a short story by his long-time

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