William C. deMille

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film director person playwright screenwriter

William C. deMille was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director of the silent and early sound era, known for his sophisticated dramas and as the brother of famed director Cecil B. DeMille.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
William C. deMille canonical 25
William C. DeMille 4
William C. de Mille 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film director ⓘ
person ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
activeYearsInFilm 1910s ⓘ
1920s ⓘ
early 1930s ⓘ
birthName Henry Churchill DeMille ⓘ
surface form: William Churchill de Mille
burialPlace Hollywood Forever Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
child Agnes de Mille ⓘ
coFounderOf Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1878-07-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1955-03-05 ⓘ
educatedAt American Academy of Dramatic Arts ⓘ
Columbia University ⓘ
employer Famous Players Film Company ⓘ
surface form: Famous Players–Lasky

Paramount Pictures ⓘ
era early sound film era ⓘ
silent film era ⓘ
ethnicGroup American of Dutch descent ⓘ
familyName deMille ⓘ
father Henry de Mille ⓘ
fieldOfWork cinema ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mother Beatrice DeMille ⓘ
surface form: Matilda Beatrice deMille
name William C. deMille self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableRelative Blanche de Mille (stepmother) ⓘ
notableWork Grumpy (1923 film) ⓘ
Miss Lulu Bett (1921 film) ⓘ
The Heir to the Hoorah (play) ⓘ
The Warrens of Virginia (1915 film adaptation) ⓘ
The Warrens of Virginia (play) ⓘ
occupation film director ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Washington, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Playa del Rey, California, United States ⓘ
positionHeld vice president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
religion Episcopalian ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sibling Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
spouse Anna Angela George ⓘ
Clara Beranger ⓘ
writingStyle sophisticated domestic drama ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.

Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: William C. deMille
Description of subject: William C. deMille was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director of the silent and early sound era, known for his sophisticated dramas and as the brother of famed director Cecil B. DeMille.

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cecil B. DeMille → sibling → William C. deMille ⓘ
Agnes de Mille → relative → William C. deMille ⓘ
William C. deMille → name → William C. deMille self-link ⓘ
Henry Churchill DeMille → child → William C. deMille ⓘ
this entity surface form: William C. DeMille
Henry Churchill DeMille → influenced → William C. deMille ⓘ
this entity surface form: William C. DeMille
Beatrice DeMille → child → William C. deMille ⓘ
this entity surface form: William C. de Mille
7th Academy Awards → host → William C. deMille ⓘ
USC School of Cinematic Arts → foundedBy → William C. deMille ⓘ
DeMille family → hasNotableMember → William C. deMille ⓘ
DeMille family → hasLineageConnection → William C. deMille ⓘ
this entity surface form: William C. deMille is son of Henry Churchill de Mille
1st Academy Awards → host → William C. deMille ⓘ
this entity surface form: William C. DeMille
DeMille → notableBearer → William C. deMille ⓘ
DeMille → relative → William C. deMille ⓘ
subject surface form: Cecil B. DeMille
deMille → hasNotableBearer → William C. deMille ⓘ
deMille → hasRelative → William C. deMille ⓘ
subject surface form: Cecil B. DeMille
Anna Angela George → spouse → William C. deMille ⓘ
The Warrens of Virginia (play) → author → William C. deMille ⓘ
The Warrens of Virginia (1915 film adaptation) → director → William C. deMille ⓘ
subject surface form: The Warrens of Virginia (1915 film)
The Warrens of Virginia (1915 film adaptation) → screenwriter → William C. deMille ⓘ
subject surface form: The Warrens of Virginia (1915 film)
Miss Lulu Bett (1921 film) → director → William C. deMille ⓘ
Grumpy (1923 film) → director → William C. deMille ⓘ
The Heir to the Hoorah (play) → author → William C. deMille ⓘ
subject surface form: The Heir to the Hoorah
The Heir to the Hoorah (play) → creator → William C. deMille ⓘ
subject surface form: The Heir to the Hoorah
The Heir to the Hoorah (play) → hasDramatist → William C. deMille ⓘ
subject surface form: The Heir to the Hoorah
Blanche de Mille (stepmother) → stepmotherOf → William C. deMille ⓘ
subject surface form: Blanche de Mille
Blanche de Mille (stepmother) → hasNotableRelative → William C. deMille ⓘ
subject surface form: Blanche de Mille
Clara Beranger → spouse → William C. deMille ⓘ
John Blount DeMille → hasRelative → William C. deMille ⓘ
this entity surface form: William C. DeMille
Henry George de Mille → child → William C. deMille ⓘ
Henry George de Mille → hasRelative → William C. deMille ⓘ
Henry de Mille → child → William C. deMille ⓘ