Kurt Wimmer
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Kurt Wimmer is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for writing and directing the dystopian action film "Equilibrium" and penning scripts for high-profile thrillers such as "Salt" and the 2012 remake of "Total Recall."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kurt Wimmer canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9937182 — 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: Kurt Wimmer Context triple: [Salt, screenwriter, Kurt Wimmer]
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A.
Calvin Wimmer
Calvin Wimmer is a film editor best known for his work on the science fiction horror movie "The Cloverfield Paradox."
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B.
Eric Marienthal
Eric Marienthal is an American contemporary jazz saxophonist known for his work in jazz fusion and smooth jazz, including prominent collaborations with leading artists and bands.
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C.
Kevin Sussman
Kevin Sussman is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Stuart Bloom on the television series "The Big Bang Theory."
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D.
Peter Riegert
Peter Riegert is an American actor and director known for his roles in films such as "Animal House," "Local Hero," and "The Mask," as well as numerous television appearances.
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E.
David Winkler
David Winkler is an American film producer known for his work on major Hollywood movies, including entries in the Rocky/Creed franchise.
- 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: Kurt Wimmer Target entity description: Kurt Wimmer is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for writing and directing the dystopian action film "Equilibrium" and penning scripts for high-profile thrillers such as "Salt" and the 2012 remake of "Total Recall."
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A.
Calvin Wimmer
Calvin Wimmer is a film editor best known for his work on the science fiction horror movie "The Cloverfield Paradox."
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B.
Eric Marienthal
Eric Marienthal is an American contemporary jazz saxophonist known for his work in jazz fusion and smooth jazz, including prominent collaborations with leading artists and bands.
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C.
Kevin Sussman
Kevin Sussman is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Stuart Bloom on the television series "The Big Bang Theory."
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D.
Peter Riegert
Peter Riegert is an American actor and director known for his roles in films such as "Animal House," "Local Hero," and "The Mask," as well as numerous television appearances.
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E.
David Winkler
David Winkler is an American film producer known for his work on major Hollywood movies, including entries in the Rocky/Creed franchise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | Hollywood film industry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| director |
Kurt Wimmer
NERFINISHED
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Kurt Wimmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorOf |
Equilibrium
NERFINISHED
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One Tough Bastard NERFINISHED ⓘ Ultraviolet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
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science fiction film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| knownFor | creating the gun kata action style in Equilibrium ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Kurt Wimmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Children of the Corn (2020 film)
NERFINISHED
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Equilibrium NERFINISHED ⓘ Law Abiding Citizen NERFINISHED ⓘ Salt NERFINISHED ⓘ Sphere (1998 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Street Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Recruit NERFINISHED ⓘ Total Recall (2012 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ultraviolet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Kurt Wimmer
NERFINISHED
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Kurt Wimmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriterOf |
Children of the Corn (2020 film)
NERFINISHED
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Equilibrium NERFINISHED ⓘ Law Abiding Citizen NERFINISHED ⓘ Salt NERFINISHED ⓘ Sphere (1998 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Street Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Recruit NERFINISHED ⓘ The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Total Recall (2012 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ultraviolet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPeriod |
1990s
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2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ |
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: Kurt Wimmer Description of subject: Kurt Wimmer is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for writing and directing the dystopian action film "Equilibrium" and penning scripts for high-profile thrillers such as "Salt" and the 2012 remake of "Total Recall."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sphere (1998 film)