Paul Seydor
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Paul Seydor is a film editor and scholar best known for his work on Sam Peckinpah’s films and his writings on American cinema.
All labels observed (1)
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| Paul Seydor canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1749027 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Seydor Context triple: [Obsessed, editedBy, Paul Seydor]
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A.
George Weil
George Weil was a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and is noted for being the operator who withdrew the control rod to initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in Chicago Pile-1.
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B.
Leon Feldhendler
Leon Feldhendler was a Polish Jewish resistance leader and Holocaust survivor best known for co-organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp.
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C.
Walter Herz
Walter Herz was a graphic artist best known for designing the official poster for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
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Max Zaslofsky
Max Zaslofsky was an American professional basketball player and coach, best known as one of the NBA’s early scoring stars and later a coach in the league.
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E.
Myron Futterman
Myron Futterman was an American businessman best known for being the first husband of actress Jane Wyman.
- 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: Paul Seydor Target entity description: Paul Seydor is a film editor and scholar best known for his work on Sam Peckinpah’s films and his writings on American cinema.
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A.
George Weil
George Weil was a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and is noted for being the operator who withdrew the control rod to initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in Chicago Pile-1.
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B.
Leon Feldhendler
Leon Feldhendler was a Polish Jewish resistance leader and Holocaust survivor best known for co-organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp.
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C.
Walter Herz
Walter Herz was a graphic artist best known for designing the official poster for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
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D.
Max Zaslofsky
Max Zaslofsky was an American professional basketball player and coach, best known as one of the NBA’s early scoring stars and later a coach in the league.
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E.
Myron Futterman
Myron Futterman was an American businessman best known for being the first husband of actress Jane Wyman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
ⓘ
film editor ⓘ film scholar ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | film studies ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| educatedAt | University of Southern California ⓘ |
| employer | Chapman University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
American cinema
ⓘ
film editing ⓘ film studies ⓘ |
| genre |
film criticism
ⓘ
film history ⓘ |
| hasWrittenAbout |
American film history
ⓘ
Hollywood cinema ⓘ
linked to:
American cinema
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (film)
Sam Peckinpah ⓘ Western films ⓘ |
| knownFor |
work on the films of Sam Peckinpah
ⓘ
writings on American cinema ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical studies of the Western film genre
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detailed production histories of specific films ⓘ historical research on Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid ⓘ scholarly analysis of Sam Peckinpah’s cinema ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Peckinpah: The Western Films – A Reconsideration
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Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (contributions) ⓘ The Authentic Death and Contentious Afterlife of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid ⓘ essays on American film directors ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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film editor ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| specialization |
American Westerns
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linked to:
Western
authorship and style in American cinema ⓘ editing and narrative structure in film ⓘ |
| teachesAt | Dodge College of Film and Media Arts ⓘ |
| workLocation |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
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Subject: Paul Seydor Description of subject: Paul Seydor is a film editor and scholar best known for his work on Sam Peckinpah’s films and his writings on American cinema.
Referenced by (13)
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