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
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) Sidney Lanfield
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon Roy William Neill
Captain Blood (1935 film) Michael Curtiz
Romeo and Juliet (1936 film) George Cukor
Son of Frankenstein Rowland V. Lee
A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film) Jack Conway
The Court Jester Melvin Frank
The Court Jester Norman Panama
The Comedy of Terrors Jacques Tourneur
Withnail & I Bruce Robinson
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear David Zucker
Ritchie
surface form: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Guy Ritchie
Ritchie
surface form: Snatch
Guy Ritchie
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Guy Ritchie
Revolver
surface form: Revolver (2005 film)
Guy Ritchie
Wrath of Man Guy Ritchie
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre Guy Ritchie
The Covenant (2023 film) Guy Ritchie
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Howard Hawks
Strangers on a Train Alfred Hitchcock
Almeida Theatre Rupert Goold via predicate surface "hasArtisticDirector"
Son of God (2014 film) Christopher Spencer
Predator John McTiernan
Total Recall Paul Verhoeven
Commando Mark L. Lester
Conan the Barbarian
surface form: Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)
John Milius
True Lies James Cameron
Kindergarten Cop Ivan Reitman
Twins Ivan Reitman
Junior Ivan Reitman
Eraser Chuck Russell
Pumping Iron George Butler
Pumping Iron Robert Fiore
Limbo Arnt Jensen
The Seven Year Itch Billy Wilder
Niagara Henry Hathaway
Shadow of a Doubt Alfred Hitchcock
Magical Mystery Tour
surface form: Magical Mystery Tour (film)
The Beatles
Magical Mystery Tour
surface form: Magical Mystery Tour (film)
Paul McCartney
Magical Mystery Tour
surface form: Magical Mystery Tour (film)
John Lennon
Magical Mystery Tour
surface form: Magical Mystery Tour (film)
George Harrison
Magical Mystery Tour
surface form: Magical Mystery Tour (film)
Ringo Starr
Yellow Submarine George Dunning via predicate surface "filmDirector"
King Kong Lives John Guillermin
Special ID Clarence Fok
Police Story 2013 Ding Sheng
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Stephan Elliott
The Proposition John Hillcoat
Mildred Pierce
surface form: Mildred Pierce (2011 miniseries)
Todd Haynes
The War of the Worlds (1953 film) Byron Haskin