Blake Snyder
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Blake Snyder was an American screenwriter and influential author of the screenwriting guide "Save the Cat!", known for popularizing a widely used story-structure method in Hollywood.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Blake Snyder canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1200540 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blake Snyder Context triple: [Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, screenwriter, Blake Snyder]
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A.
Jake Kasdan
Jake Kasdan is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter known for movies such as "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," and "Bad Teacher."
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B.
Steven S. DeKnight
Steven S. DeKnight is an American writer, producer, and director best known for his work on genre television series like Spartacus and Marvel's Daredevil, as well as his feature film directing.
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C.
Jonathan Kasdan
Jonathan Kasdan is an American screenwriter and director known for co-writing the Star Wars film "Solo: A Star Wars Story" and for being the son of filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan.
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D.
Michael Cuesta
Michael Cuesta is an American film and television director and producer known for his work on series such as Homeland, Dexter, and Six Feet Under.
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E.
Tim Story
Tim Story is an American film director and producer best known for helming commercially successful comedies and blockbuster franchises such as the "Barbershop" series and the "Fantastic Four" films.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blake Snyder Target entity description: Blake Snyder was an American screenwriter and influential author of the screenwriting guide "Save the Cat!", known for popularizing a widely used story-structure method in Hollywood.
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A.
Jake Kasdan
Jake Kasdan is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter known for movies such as "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," and "Bad Teacher."
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B.
Steven S. DeKnight
Steven S. DeKnight is an American writer, producer, and director best known for his work on genre television series like Spartacus and Marvel's Daredevil, as well as his feature film directing.
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C.
Jonathan Kasdan
Jonathan Kasdan is an American screenwriter and director known for co-writing the Star Wars film "Solo: A Star Wars Story" and for being the son of filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan.
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D.
Michael Cuesta
Michael Cuesta is an American film and television director and producer known for his work on series such as Homeland, Dexter, and Six Feet Under.
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E.
Tim Story
Tim Story is an American film director and producer best known for helming commercially successful comedies and blockbuster franchises such as the "Barbershop" series and the "Fantastic Four" films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ writing teacher ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Snyder ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
screenwriting
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story structure ⓘ |
| genre | screenwriting guide ⓘ |
| givenName | Blake ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
film industry story development
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novel-writing structure guides ⓘ television writing structure ⓘ |
| hasPartInMethod |
all is lost beat
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break into two beat ⓘ catalyst beat ⓘ debate beat ⓘ finale beat ⓘ midpoint beat ⓘ opening image beat ⓘ set-up beat ⓘ theme stated beat ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hollywood screenwriting practice
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screenwriting education ⓘ |
| influencedBy | classical Hollywood three-act structure ⓘ |
| knownFor |
popularizing the Save the Cat story structure method
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writing accessible screenwriting manuals ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Blake Snyder self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
15-beat story structure
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Save the Cat beat sheet ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Save the Cat!
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Save the Cat! ⓘ
surface form:
Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies
Save the Cat! ⓘ
surface form:
Save the Cat! Strikes Back
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| occupation |
author
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consultant ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
online writing courses based on Save the Cat!
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screenwriting seminars ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hollywood
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Los Angeles ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
commercial storytelling
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film genres ⓘ screenplay structure ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Blake Snyder Description of subject: Blake Snyder was an American screenwriter and influential author of the screenwriting guide "Save the Cat!", known for popularizing a widely used story-structure method in Hollywood.
Referenced by (5)
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