Jacques Demy
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Jacques Demy was a French filmmaker associated with the French New Wave, best known for his colorful, musically driven films like "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and "The Young Girls of Rochefort."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jacques Demy canonical | 12 |
| Place Jacques-Demy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2172593 — 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: Jacques Demy Context triple: [French New Wave, hasKeyFigure, Jacques Demy]
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A.
Matthew Libatique
Matthew Libatique is an American cinematographer known for his dynamic visual style and frequent collaborations with directors like Darren Aronofsky on films such as "Requiem for a Dream" and "Black Swan."
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B.
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director known for visually ambitious, historically themed works such as "The Name of the Rose," "The Bear," and "Seven Years in Tibet."
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C.
Patrice Chéreau
Patrice Chéreau was a renowned French stage and film director, producer, and actor known for his innovative opera productions and influential European cinema work.
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D.
François Truffaut
François Truffaut was a pioneering French New Wave filmmaker and critic known for his innovative, deeply personal films such as "The 400 Blows" and his influential writings on cinema.
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E.
Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol was a pioneering French New Wave film director and screenwriter known for his psychologically complex, Hitchcockian thrillers that dissected bourgeois society.
- 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: Jacques Demy Target entity description: Jacques Demy was a French filmmaker associated with the French New Wave, best known for his colorful, musically driven films like "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and "The Young Girls of Rochefort."
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A.
Matthew Libatique
Matthew Libatique is an American cinematographer known for his dynamic visual style and frequent collaborations with directors like Darren Aronofsky on films such as "Requiem for a Dream" and "Black Swan."
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B.
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director known for visually ambitious, historically themed works such as "The Name of the Rose," "The Bear," and "Seven Years in Tibet."
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C.
Patrice Chéreau
Patrice Chéreau was a renowned French stage and film director, producer, and actor known for his innovative opera productions and influential European cinema work.
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D.
François Truffaut
François Truffaut was a pioneering French New Wave filmmaker and critic known for his innovative, deeply personal films such as "The 400 Blows" and his influential writings on cinema.
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E.
Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol was a pioneering French New Wave film director and screenwriter known for his psychologically complex, Hitchcockian thrillers that dissected bourgeois society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French New Wave filmmaker
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film director ⓘ film editor ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Palme d'Or (Jury Prize) at Cannes Film Festival
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linked to:
Cannes Jury Prize
|
| causeOfDeath | AIDS-related complications ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Anouk Aimée
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Catherine Deneuve ⓘ Danielle Darrieux ⓘ Françoise Dorléac ⓘ Michel Legrand ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-06-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1990-10-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes ⓘ |
| familyName | Demy ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy film
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musical film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacques ⓘ |
| hasSignatureStyle |
integration of music and song into narrative
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melancholic themes beneath a cheerful surface ⓘ use of bright, saturated colors ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Max Ophüls
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classical Hollywood musicals ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement | French New Wave ⓘ |
| name | Jacques Demy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bay of Angels
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Donkey Skin ⓘ
linked to:
The Wild Ass's Skin
Lady Oscar ⓘ Lola ⓘ Model Shop ⓘ Parking ⓘ The Pied Piper ⓘ The Umbrellas of Cherbourg ⓘ The Young Girls of Rochefort ⓘ Une chambre en ville ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film editor ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Pontchâteau, Loire-Atlantique, France
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linked to:
Pontchâteau, France
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| placeOfDeath |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
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| relative | Mathieu Demy ⓘ |
| spouse | Agnès Varda ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Nantes, France ⓘ
linked to:
Nantes
Paris, France ⓘ
linked to:
Paris
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Input
Subject: Jacques Demy Description of subject: Jacques Demy was a French filmmaker associated with the French New Wave, best known for his colorful, musically driven films like "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and "The Young Girls of Rochefort."
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jacques Demy
subject linked to:
Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris (grave later lost)
subject linked to:
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967 film)
subject linked to:
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967 film)