Michael Kahn (film editor)
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Michael Kahn is an acclaimed American film editor best known for his long-time collaboration with director Steven Spielberg on numerous award-winning films.
All labels observed (1)
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| Michael Kahn (film editor) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5747590 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Kahn (film editor) Context triple: [Kahn, hasNotableBearer, Michael Kahn (film editor)]
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A.
Thelma Schoonmaker
Thelma Schoonmaker is an acclaimed American film editor best known for her long-time collaboration with director Martin Scorsese, earning multiple Academy Awards for her work.
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B.
James Schoonmaker
James Schoonmaker is a fictional character from P. G. Wodehouse’s comic novel "Service with a Smile," set in the Blandings Castle universe.
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C.
Michael Seitzman
Michael Seitzman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on films such as "North Country" and for creating and producing several television series.
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D.
Bud Yorkin
Bud Yorkin was an American television producer and director best known for his influential work in 1970s sitcoms that helped redefine socially conscious TV comedy.
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E.
James Schamus
James Schamus is an American screenwriter, producer, and former CEO of Focus Features, known for his collaborations with director Ang Lee on acclaimed films such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Brokeback Mountain."
- 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: Michael Kahn (film editor) Target entity description: Michael Kahn is an acclaimed American film editor best known for his long-time collaboration with director Steven Spielberg on numerous award-winning films.
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A.
Thelma Schoonmaker
Thelma Schoonmaker is an acclaimed American film editor best known for her long-time collaboration with director Martin Scorsese, earning multiple Academy Awards for her work.
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B.
James Schoonmaker
James Schoonmaker is a fictional character from P. G. Wodehouse’s comic novel "Service with a Smile," set in the Blandings Castle universe.
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C.
Michael Seitzman
Michael Seitzman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on films such as "North Country" and for creating and producing several television series.
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D.
Bud Yorkin
Bud Yorkin was an American television producer and director best known for his influential work in 1970s sitcoms that helped redefine socially conscious TV comedy.
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E.
James Schamus
James Schamus is an American screenwriter, producer, and former CEO of Focus Features, known for his collaborations with director Ang Lee on acclaimed films such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Brokeback Mountain."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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film editor ⓘ person ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
NERFINISHED
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BAFTA Award for Best Editing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Steven Spielberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| editedFilm |
Bridge of Spies
NERFINISHED
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind NERFINISHED ⓘ E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaws NERFINISHED ⓘ Jurassic Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ Raiders of the Lost Ark NERFINISHED ⓘ Saving Private Ryan NERFINISHED ⓘ Schindler's List NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fabelmans NERFINISHED ⓘ War Horse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
DreamWorks Pictures
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Paramount Pictures ⓘ Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | film editing ⓘ |
| genre | feature film editing ⓘ |
| knownFor | long-time collaboration with Steven Spielberg ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Film Editing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCollaboration |
Indiana Jones film series
NERFINISHED
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multiple Steven Spielberg-directed films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bridge of Spies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Close Encounters of the Third Kind NERFINISHED ⓘ E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial NERFINISHED ⓘ Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade NERFINISHED ⓘ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaws NERFINISHED ⓘ Jurassic Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ Minority Report NERFINISHED ⓘ Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ Raiders of the Lost Ark NERFINISHED ⓘ Saving Private Ryan NERFINISHED ⓘ Schindler's List NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fabelmans NERFINISHED ⓘ War Horse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | film editor ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hollywood
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Los Angeles ⓘ |
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: Michael Kahn (film editor) Description of subject: Michael Kahn is an acclaimed American film editor best known for his long-time collaboration with director Steven Spielberg on numerous award-winning films.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.