Tom DiCillo
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Tom DiCillo is an American independent film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer best known for his offbeat, character-driven movies such as "Living in Oblivion."
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| Tom DiCillo canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14508358 — 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)
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Target entity: Tom DiCillo Context triple: [Alison Ellwood, hasCollaboratedWith, Tom DiCillo]
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A.
Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara is an American filmmaker known for his gritty, provocative crime dramas and cult classics such as "Bad Lieutenant" and "King of New York."
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James Toback
James Toback is an American screenwriter and film director known for psychologically intense, character-driven dramas such as "Fingers," which inspired the French film "The Beat That My Heart Skipped."
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C.
Jon Amiel
Jon Amiel is a British film and television director known for works such as "The Singing Detective," "Copycat," and "Entrapment."
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D.
Alan Rudolph
Alan Rudolph is an American film director and screenwriter known for his offbeat, character-driven dramas and romantic films, often blending ensemble casts with stylized, atmospheric storytelling.
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Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme was an American film director best known for his eclectic body of work, including the Oscar-winning thriller "The Silence of the Lambs" and acclaimed music documentaries like "Stop Making Sense."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom DiCillo Target entity description: Tom DiCillo is an American independent film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer best known for his offbeat, character-driven movies such as "Living in Oblivion."
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A.
Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara is an American filmmaker known for his gritty, provocative crime dramas and cult classics such as "Bad Lieutenant" and "King of New York."
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B.
James Toback
James Toback is an American screenwriter and film director known for psychologically intense, character-driven dramas such as "Fingers," which inspired the French film "The Beat That My Heart Skipped."
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C.
Jon Amiel
Jon Amiel is a British film and television director known for works such as "The Singing Detective," "Copycat," and "Entrapment."
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D.
Alan Rudolph
Alan Rudolph is an American film director and screenwriter known for his offbeat, character-driven dramas and romantic films, often blending ensemble casts with stylized, atmospheric storytelling.
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E.
Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme was an American film director best known for his eclectic body of work, including the Oscar-winning thriller "The Silence of the Lambs" and acclaimed music documentaries like "Stop Making Sense."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.