Jacques Tourneur
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Jacques Tourneur was a French-American film director best known for his atmospheric work in film noir and horror, including classics like "Cat People" and "Out of the Past."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jacques Tourneur canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4422928 — 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: Jacques Tourneur Context triple: [The Comedy of Terrors, director, Jacques Tourneur]
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A.
Joseph Losey
Joseph Losey was an American-born film director known for his stylistically distinctive and psychologically complex works, particularly in European cinema after his move to the United Kingdom.
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B.
Robert Siodmak
Robert Siodmak was a German-born film director best known for his influential work in Hollywood film noir during the 1940s.
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C.
Nicholas Ray
Nicholas Ray was an influential American film director best known for his emotionally charged, visually distinctive dramas of the 1940s and 1950s, including the iconic teen film "Rebel Without a Cause."
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D.
Rudolph Maté
Rudolph Maté was a Polish-born cinematographer and film director renowned for his visually striking work in classic Hollywood cinema, including films like "The Passion of Joan of Arc" and "D.O.A."
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E.
André De Toth
André De Toth was a Hungarian-American film director best known for his work in film noir and 3D horror, including the classic "House of Wax" (1953).
- 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: Jacques Tourneur Target entity description: Jacques Tourneur was a French-American film director best known for his atmospheric work in film noir and horror, including classics like "Cat People" and "Out of the Past."
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A.
Joseph Losey
Joseph Losey was an American-born film director known for his stylistically distinctive and psychologically complex works, particularly in European cinema after his move to the United Kingdom.
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B.
Robert Siodmak
Robert Siodmak was a German-born film director best known for his influential work in Hollywood film noir during the 1940s.
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C.
Nicholas Ray
Nicholas Ray was an influential American film director best known for his emotionally charged, visually distinctive dramas of the 1940s and 1950s, including the iconic teen film "Rebel Without a Cause."
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D.
Rudolph Maté
Rudolph Maté was a Polish-born cinematographer and film director renowned for his visually striking work in classic Hollywood cinema, including films like "The Passion of Joan of Arc" and "D.O.A."
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E.
André De Toth
André De Toth was a Hungarian-American film director best known for his work in film noir and 3D horror, including the classic "House of Wax" (1953).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American person
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French person ⓘ film director ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1960s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1904-11-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1977-12-19 ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia Pictures
NERFINISHED
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Tourneur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization |
film noir
NERFINISHED
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horror film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacques NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
English
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French ⓘ |
| movement | classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| name | Jacques Tourneur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Berlin Express
NERFINISHED
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Canyon Passage NERFINISHED ⓘ Cat People NERFINISHED ⓘ Experiment Perilous NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Day in the Morning NERFINISHED ⓘ I Walked with a Zombie NERFINISHED ⓘ Night of the Demon NERFINISHED ⓘ Nightfall NERFINISHED ⓘ Out of the Past NERFINISHED ⓘ Stars in My Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ The Leopard Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Way of a Gaucho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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screenwriter ⓘ |
| parent | Maurice Tourneur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| placeOfDeath | Bergerac, Dordogne, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
atmospheric lighting
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low-key cinematography ⓘ suggestive horror ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Dana Andrews
NERFINISHED
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Robert Mitchum NERFINISHED ⓘ Simone Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ Val Lewton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jacques Tourneur Description of subject: Jacques Tourneur was a French-American film director best known for his atmospheric work in film noir and horror, including classics like "Cat People" and "Out of the Past."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.