director

P255
predicate

Indicates that one entity serves as the director (creative or managerial leader) of another entity, such as a film, organization, or project.

All labels observed (42)

Label Occurrences
director canonical 21,943
filmDirector 555
hasDirector 475

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: director
Generated description
Indicates that one entity serves as the director (creative or managerial leader) of another entity, such as a film, organization, or project.

Sample triples (24,745)

Subject Object
Spamalot Mike Nichols
Doctor Who episode "Blink"
surface form: Blink
Hettie MacDonald
Doctor Who episode "The Time of the Doctor"
surface form: The Time of the Doctor
Jamie Payne
The Village M. Night Shyamalan
Rocketman Dexter Fletcher
Black Mirror episode "Nosedive"
surface form: Nosedive
Joe Wright
Spider-Man 3 Sam Raimi
Pete's Dragon David Lowery
Christopher Birt
surface form: The Bodyguard
Mick Jackson
Cloverfield Matt Reeves
Bad Boys for Life Adil El Arbi
Bad Boys for Life Bilall Fallah
Assassin's Creed: Revelations Alexandre Amancio via predicate surface "creativeDirector"
6 Underground Michael Bay
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover Peter Greenaway
A Day of Fury Harmon Jones
There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson
The Magician of Lublin Menahem Golan via predicate surface "adaptationDirector"
Psycho Alfred Hitchcock
The Lady Vanishes Alfred Hitchcock
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi Richard Marquand
The Empire Strikes Back (special edition appearance as Emperor hologram, later versions) Irvin Kershner via predicate surface "hasDirector"
Restoration Michael Hoffman via predicate surface "filmAdaptationDirector"
Our Friends in the North Simon Cellan Jones
Our Friends in the North Pedr James
Our Friends in the North Stuart Urban
Utopia Ian McDiarmid via predicate surface "hasDirector"
Our Very Own David Miller
Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock
Vitebsk School of Art Marc Chagall
Doctor Who episode "Village of the Angels"
surface form: Village of the Angels
Jamie Magnus Stone
An Affair to Remember Leo McCarey
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Chris Columbus
Coda
surface form: CODA
Sian Heder
The Searchers John Ford
My Darling Clementine John Ford
The Longest Yard (2005 film) Peter Segal
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Spike Lee via predicate surface "adaptationDirector"
film "Malcolm X" (1992)
surface form: Malcolm X (1992 film)
Spike Lee
Shanghai Express Josef von Sternberg
Daughter of the Dragon Lloyd Corrigan
Daughter of Shanghai Robert Florey
Love Me Tonight Rouben Mamoulian
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991 film)
surface form: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Kevin Reynolds
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film) John Frankenheimer
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film) Richard Stanley
Queen Christina
surface form: Queen Christina (1933 film)
Rouben Mamoulian
The Human Comedy Clarence Brown via predicate surface "filmDirector"
Dufour Map Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Hot Rod Akiva Schaffer