Tom Luddy
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Tom Luddy was an American film producer, curator, and influential cinephile best known as a co-founder and long-time guiding force of the Telluride Film Festival.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tom Luddy canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Luddy Context triple: [Telluride Film Festival, foundedBy, Tom Luddy]
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Marty Lyons
Marty Lyons is a former American football defensive lineman best known as a key member of the New York Jets' famed "New York Sack Exchange" pass-rushing unit in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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B.
Ted Cheesman
Ted Cheesman was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the 1933 monster film "King Kong."
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C.
Jim Tunney
Jim Tunney is a former NFL official renowned as one of the league’s most respected referees, often called the “Dean of NFL Referees.”
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D.
Roger E. Broggie
Roger E. Broggie is a steam locomotive at Walt Disney World Railroad named in honor of Disney Imagineer and master machinist Roger E. Broggie, who was instrumental in developing Disney’s early railroad and ride systems.
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E.
Jim Lonborg
Jim Lonborg is a former Major League Baseball pitcher best known for winning the 1967 American League Cy Young Award and leading the Boston Red Sox during their famed "Impossible Dream" season.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Luddy Target entity description: Tom Luddy was an American film producer, curator, and influential cinephile best known as a co-founder and long-time guiding force of the Telluride Film Festival.
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A.
Marty Lyons
Marty Lyons is a former American football defensive lineman best known as a key member of the New York Jets' famed "New York Sack Exchange" pass-rushing unit in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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B.
Ted Cheesman
Ted Cheesman was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the 1933 monster film "King Kong."
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C.
Jim Tunney
Jim Tunney is a former NFL official renowned as one of the league’s most respected referees, often called the “Dean of NFL Referees.”
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D.
Roger E. Broggie
Roger E. Broggie is a steam locomotive at Walt Disney World Railroad named in honor of Disney Imagineer and master machinist Roger E. Broggie, who was instrumental in developing Disney’s early railroad and ride systems.
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E.
Jim Lonborg
Jim Lonborg is a former Major League Baseball pitcher best known for winning the 1967 American League Cy Young Award and leading the Boston Red Sox during their famed "Impossible Dream" season.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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cinephile ⓘ film curator ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| basedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| coFounderOf | Telluride Film Festival ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Agnès Varda
ⓘ
Francis Ford Coppola ⓘ Paul Schrader ⓘ Werner Herzog ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| curated |
programs at the Pacific Film Archive
ⓘ
retrospectives at the Telluride Film Festival ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer |
American Zoetrope
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surface form:
Coppola’s American Zoetrope
Pacific Film Archive ⓘ |
| familyName |
Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
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surface form:
Luddy
|
| fieldOfWork |
cinema
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film curation ⓘ film production ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization |
art-house cinema
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classic cinema ⓘ world cinema ⓘ |
| givenName | Tom ⓘ |
| influenced | international art-house cinema culture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
championing international filmmakers
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programming rediscovered and archival films ⓘ shaping the identity of the Telluride Film Festival ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Tom Luddy self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor | Telluride Film Festival ⓘ |
| notableRole | guiding force of the Telluride Film Festival ⓘ |
| occupation |
cinephile
ⓘ
festival director ⓘ film curator ⓘ film producer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
artistic director of the Telluride Film Festival
ⓘ
co-director of the Telluride Film Festival ⓘ |
| residence |
Berkeley
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surface form:
Berkeley, California
San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| roleInIndustry | bridge between filmmakers and festivals ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Barfly
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters ⓘ The Black Stallion ⓘ The Secret Garden ⓘ Wind ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tom Luddy Description of subject: Tom Luddy was an American film producer, curator, and influential cinephile best known as a co-founder and long-time guiding force of the Telluride Film Festival.
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