Riza Aziz
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Riza Aziz is a Malaysian film producer and co-founder of Red Granite Pictures, known for financing high-profile Hollywood films and being embroiled in the 1MDB corruption scandal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Riza Aziz canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2658072 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Riza Aziz Context triple: [The Wolf of Wall Street, producer, Riza Aziz]
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A.
Safa Zaki
Safa Zaki is a cognitive psychologist and academic leader who became the first woman to serve as president of Bowdoin College.
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B.
Kinan Azmeh
Kinan Azmeh is a Syrian clarinetist and composer known for blending classical, jazz, and Middle Eastern musical traditions in his performances and compositions.
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C.
Amal Nasser el-Din
Amal Nasser el-Din is an Israeli Druze politician and community leader known for his advocacy of Druze integration and service within the State of Israel.
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D.
Suha Tawil
Suha Tawil is a Palestinian public figure best known as the widow of longtime Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat.
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E.
Aida El-Kachef
Aida El-Kachef is known as the wife of Egyptian diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei.
- 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: Riza Aziz Target entity description: Riza Aziz is a Malaysian film producer and co-founder of Red Granite Pictures, known for financing high-profile Hollywood films and being embroiled in the 1MDB corruption scandal.
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A.
Safa Zaki
Safa Zaki is a cognitive psychologist and academic leader who became the first woman to serve as president of Bowdoin College.
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B.
Kinan Azmeh
Kinan Azmeh is a Syrian clarinetist and composer known for blending classical, jazz, and Middle Eastern musical traditions in his performances and compositions.
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C.
Amal Nasser el-Din
Amal Nasser el-Din is an Israeli Druze politician and community leader known for his advocacy of Druze integration and service within the State of Israel.
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D.
Suha Tawil
Suha Tawil is a Palestinian public figure best known as the widow of longtime Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat.
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E.
Aida El-Kachef
Aida El-Kachef is known as the wife of Egyptian diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| associatedWith | 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) ⓘ |
| basedIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| businessPartner | Joey McFarland ⓘ |
| charge | money laundering related to 1MDB funds ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Red Granite Pictures ⓘ |
| companyFounded | Red Granite Pictures ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Malaysia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Malaysia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1977 ⓘ |
| education | studied in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Malay ⓘ |
| familyName | Aziz ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
entertainment industry
ⓘ
film production ⓘ |
| genreWorkedIn |
biographical films
ⓘ
comedy films ⓘ |
| givenName | Riza ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| knownFor | lavish film financing linked to 1MDB funds ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Malay ⓘ |
| legalAction |
civil forfeiture cases in the United States related to 1MDB
ⓘ
criminal charges in Malaysia related to 1MDB ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | international media coverage over 1MDB scandal ⓘ |
| mother | Rosmah Mansor ⓘ |
| name | Riza Aziz ⓘ |
| notableCompany | Red Granite Pictures ⓘ |
| notableEvent | U.S. Department of Justice asset seizure actions related to 1MDB ⓘ |
| notableFor |
financing high-profile Hollywood films
ⓘ
involvement in the 1MDB scandal ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Daddy’s Home
ⓘ
linked to:
Daddy's Home
Dumb and Dumber To ⓘ The Wolf of Wall Street ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
film producer ⓘ |
| participantIn | 1MDB scandal ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kuala Lumpur ⓘ |
| positionHeld | co-chairman of Red Granite Pictures ⓘ |
| relative | Najib Razak ⓘ |
| residence |
Malaysia
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settlement |
reached settlement with Malaysian prosecutors in 1MDB-related case
ⓘ
reached settlement with U.S. authorities over assets linked to 1MDB ⓘ |
| stepFather | Najib Razak ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Riza Aziz Description of subject: Riza Aziz is a Malaysian film producer and co-founder of Red Granite Pictures, known for financing high-profile Hollywood films and being embroiled in the 1MDB corruption scandal.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.