David R. Ellis
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David R. Ellis was an American film director and former stunt coordinator best known for helming high-concept genre movies such as the thriller "Snakes on a Plane" and entries in the "Final Destination" series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David R. Ellis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7499535 — 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: David R. Ellis Context triple: [Snakes on a Plane, director, David R. Ellis]
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A.
Eric A. Sears
Eric A. Sears is a film editor known for his work on the 2015 horror-comedy movie "Krampus."
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B.
Michael A. Elliott
Michael A. Elliott is an American literary scholar and academic administrator who serves as the president of Amherst College.
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Peter B. Ellis
Peter B. Ellis is a film editor known for his work on animated features, including the 2019 adaptation of The Addams Family.
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D.
David C. Evans
David C. Evans was a pioneering American computer scientist and influential academic mentor known for his foundational contributions to computer graphics and systems research, including co-founding Evans & Sutherland.
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E.
Stephen M. Kellen
Stephen M. Kellen was a prominent financier and philanthropist known for his leadership at Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder and his significant support of cultural and educational institutions.
- 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: David R. Ellis Target entity description: David R. Ellis was an American film director and former stunt coordinator best known for helming high-concept genre movies such as the thriller "Snakes on a Plane" and entries in the "Final Destination" series.
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A.
Eric A. Sears
Eric A. Sears is a film editor known for his work on the 2015 horror-comedy movie "Krampus."
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B.
Michael A. Elliott
Michael A. Elliott is an American literary scholar and academic administrator who serves as the president of Amherst College.
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C.
Peter B. Ellis
Peter B. Ellis is a film editor known for his work on animated features, including the 2019 adaptation of The Addams Family.
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D.
David C. Evans
David C. Evans was a pioneering American computer scientist and influential academic mentor known for his foundational contributions to computer graphics and systems research, including co-founding Evans & Sutherland.
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E.
Stephen M. Kellen
Stephen M. Kellen was a prominent financier and philanthropist known for his leadership at Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder and his significant support of cultural and educational institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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human ⓘ second unit director ⓘ stunt coordinator ⓘ |
| activeYearsInFilm | 1970s–2013 ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 60 ⓘ |
| birthName | David Richard Ellis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1952-09-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2013-01-07 ⓘ |
| directorOf |
Cellular
NERFINISHED
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Final Destination 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ Shark Night 3D NERFINISHED ⓘ Snakes on a Plane NERFINISHED ⓘ The Final Destination NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
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horror film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | nm0254933 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
elaborate action set pieces
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high-concept genre films ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | David R. Ellis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Snakes on a Plane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film director ⓘ second unit director ⓘ stunt coordinator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Johannesburg, South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondUnitDirectorOn |
Clear and Present Danger
NERFINISHED
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ Patriot Games NERFINISHED ⓘ The Matrix Reloaded NERFINISHED ⓘ Waterworld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| stuntCoordinatorOn | Scarface (1983 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stuntPerformerIn |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)
NERFINISHED
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Patriot Games NERFINISHED ⓘ The Right Stuff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stuntPerformerIn | The Blues Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: David R. Ellis Description of subject: David R. Ellis was an American film director and former stunt coordinator best known for helming high-concept genre movies such as the thriller "Snakes on a Plane" and entries in the "Final Destination" series.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.