Stephen Chbosky
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Stephen Chbosky is an American novelist, screenwriter, and director best known for creating "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and directing several major film adaptations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stephen Chbosky canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2060763 — 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: Stephen Chbosky Context triple: [Dear Evan Hansen, filmDirector, Stephen Chbosky]
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A.
Patrick Ness
Patrick Ness is an acclaimed American-born British author best known for his young adult novels such as the "Chaos Walking" trilogy and "A Monster Calls."
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B.
David Nicholls
David Nicholls is a British novelist and screenwriter best known for his bestselling novel "One Day" and its film and television adaptations.
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C.
Derek Kolstad
Derek Kolstad is an American screenwriter best known as the creator and primary writer of the John Wick action film franchise.
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D.
James Howe Jr.
James Howe Jr. was a 17th-century New England colonist known primarily as the husband of Elizabeth Howe, one of the women executed during the Salem witch trials.
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E.
Darren Star
Darren Star is an American television writer and producer best known for creating hit series such as "Sex and the City," "Beverly Hills, 90210," and "Melrose Place."
- 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: Stephen Chbosky Target entity description: Stephen Chbosky is an American novelist, screenwriter, and director best known for creating "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and directing several major film adaptations.
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A.
Patrick Ness
Patrick Ness is an acclaimed American-born British author best known for his young adult novels such as the "Chaos Walking" trilogy and "A Monster Calls."
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B.
David Nicholls
David Nicholls is a British novelist and screenwriter best known for his bestselling novel "One Day" and its film and television adaptations.
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C.
Derek Kolstad
Derek Kolstad is an American screenwriter best known as the creator and primary writer of the John Wick action film franchise.
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D.
James Howe Jr.
James Howe Jr. was a 17th-century New England colonist known primarily as the husband of Elizabeth Howe, one of the women executed during the Salem witch trials.
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E.
Darren Star
Darren Star is an American television writer and producer best known for creating hit series such as "Sex and the City," "Beverly Hills, 90210," and "Melrose Place."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeInField |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ screenwriting ⓘ |
| basedOnHisWork |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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surface form:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower ⓘ
surface form:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (stage adaptations and related media)
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| created |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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surface form:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (franchise)
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| dateOfBirth | 1970-01-25 ⓘ |
| directed |
Dear Evan Hansen
ⓘ
surface form:
Dear Evan Hansen (film)
The Four Corners of Nowhere (film) ⓘ The Perks of Being a Wallflower ⓘ
surface form:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film)
Wonder ⓘ
surface form:
Wonder (film)
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| educatedAt |
USC School of Cinematic Arts
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University of Southern California ⓘ |
| familyName | Chbosky ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age fiction
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young adult fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen ⓘ |
| hasGenreAsAuthor |
epistolary novel
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young adult literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Stephen Chbosky self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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surface form:
adapted his own novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower into a feature film
directed the film adaptation of the novel Wonder ⓘ directed the film adaptation of the stage musical Dear Evan Hansen ⓘ |
| notableFor |
creating The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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directing major film adaptations of popular books and stage works ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dear Evan Hansen
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surface form:
Dear Evan Hansen (film)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower ⓘ
surface form:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower ⓘ
surface form:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (novel)
Wonder ⓘ
surface form:
Wonder (film)
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| occupation |
film director
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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surface form:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| workLocation |
Hollywood, California, United States
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surface form:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| wrote |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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surface form:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (novel)
screenplay for Beauty and the Beast (2017 film, co-writer) ⓘ screenplay for Dear Evan Hansen (film, co-writer) ⓘ screenplay for Rent (film adaptation, uncredited revisions and development work) ⓘ screenplay for The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film) ⓘ screenplay for Wonder (film) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Stephen Chbosky Description of subject: Stephen Chbosky is an American novelist, screenwriter, and director best known for creating "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and directing several major film adaptations.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
LeFou (Beauty and the Beast, 2017 film)