Richard A. Baker
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Richard A. Baker is an American special makeup effects artist and seven-time Academy Award winner renowned for his groundbreaking creature and prosthetic designs in films such as An American Werewolf in London and Men in Black.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard A. Baker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4032919 — 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: Richard A. Baker Context triple: [Rick Baker, birthName, Richard A. Baker]
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A.
C. Graham Baker
C. Graham Baker was an American screenwriter active in early Hollywood, known for contributing scripts to numerous films during the 1920s and 1930s.
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B.
Bill Baker
Bill Baker is an American former ice hockey defenseman best known for his clutch play as a member of the "Miracle on Ice" 1980 U.S. Olympic team.
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C.
William Baker
William Baker was a 19th-century British civil engineer noted for designing major railway structures, including prominent bridges for the expanding Victorian rail network.
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D.
George Baker
George Baker is a name shared by several notable individuals, including actors, musicians, and public figures across different English-speaking countries.
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E.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
- 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: Richard A. Baker Target entity description: Richard A. Baker is an American special makeup effects artist and seven-time Academy Award winner renowned for his groundbreaking creature and prosthetic designs in films such as An American Werewolf in London and Men in Black.
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A.
C. Graham Baker
C. Graham Baker was an American screenwriter active in early Hollywood, known for contributing scripts to numerous films during the 1920s and 1930s.
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B.
Bill Baker
Bill Baker is an American former ice hockey defenseman best known for his clutch play as a member of the "Miracle on Ice" 1980 U.S. Olympic team.
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C.
William Baker
William Baker was a 19th-century British civil engineer noted for designing major railway structures, including prominent bridges for the expanding Victorian rail network.
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D.
George Baker
George Baker is a name shared by several notable individuals, including actors, musicians, and public figures across different English-speaking countries.
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E.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film professional
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human ⓘ make-up artist ⓘ special makeup effects artist ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ 2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Rick Baker ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
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surface form:
Academy Award for Best Makeup
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1950-12-08 ⓘ |
| employer |
Rick Baker
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surface form:
Rick Baker Cinovation Studios
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| familyName | Baker ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
creature design
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prosthetic makeup ⓘ special makeup effects ⓘ |
| founded | Cinovation Studios ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| knownFor |
alien creature designs in Men in Black
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werewolf transformation effects in An American Werewolf in London ⓘ |
| name | Richard A. Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
pioneered realistic creature transformation effects in cinema
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renowned for groundbreaking prosthetic makeup designs ⓘ |
| notableFor | advancing practical creature effects in Hollywood films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An American Werewolf in London
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Ed Wood ⓘ Harry and the Hendersons ⓘ Men in Black ⓘ The Howling ⓘ The Nutty Professor (1996 film) ⓘ The Wolfman ⓘ
surface form:
The Wolfman (2010 film)
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| numberOfAcademyAwards | 7 ⓘ |
| occupation |
make-up artist
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prosthetic makeup designer ⓘ special makeup effects artist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Binghamton, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| stateOfBirth | New York ⓘ |
| workedOn |
An American Werewolf in London
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Ed Wood ⓘ Harry and the Hendersons ⓘ Men in Black ⓘ The Howling ⓘ The Nutty Professor (1996 film) ⓘ The Wolfman ⓘ
surface form:
The Wolfman (2010 film)
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How these facts were elicited
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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: Richard A. Baker Description of subject: Richard A. Baker is an American special makeup effects artist and seven-time Academy Award winner renowned for his groundbreaking creature and prosthetic designs in films such as An American Werewolf in London and Men in Black.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.