Michael Spiller
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Michael Spiller is an American cinematographer and television director known for his work on numerous acclaimed TV comedies and films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael Spiller canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4560123 — 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: Michael Spiller Context triple: [Drop Dead Gorgeous, cinematographyBy, Michael Spiller]
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A.
John Morris
John Morris is an American voice actor best known for voicing Andy Davis in the Toy Story film series.
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B.
John Morris
John Morris is a film producer best known for his work on mainstream Hollywood comedies, including the family sequel "Daddy's Home 2."
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C.
John Daly
John Daly was a local landowner and civic figure after whom the Californian city of Daly City was named.
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D.
John Daly
John Daly was a prominent British film producer known for backing influential independent and Oscar-winning films through his company Hemdale Film Corporation.
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E.
Craig Wood
Craig Wood is a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood blockbusters, including entries in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
- 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: Michael Spiller Target entity description: Michael Spiller is an American cinematographer and television director known for his work on numerous acclaimed TV comedies and films.
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A.
John Morris
John Morris is an American voice actor best known for voicing Andy Davis in the Toy Story film series.
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B.
John Morris
John Morris is a film producer best known for his work on mainstream Hollywood comedies, including the family sequel "Daddy's Home 2."
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C.
John Daly
John Daly was a local landowner and civic figure after whom the Californian city of Daly City was named.
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D.
John Daly
John Daly was a prominent British film producer known for backing influential independent and Oscar-winning films through his company Hemdale Film Corporation.
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E.
Craig Wood
Craig Wood is a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood blockbusters, including entries in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American cinematographer
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American television director ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series ⓘ |
| awardReceivedForWork | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for Modern Family "Halloween" ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cinematography
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film direction ⓘ television ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
directing episodes of Modern Family
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directing episodes of Scrubs ⓘ directing episodes of The Mindy Project ⓘ work as a television comedy director ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
10 Things I Hate About You (TV series)
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linked to:
10 Things I Hate About You
Better Off Ted ⓘ Big Day ⓘ Big Shots ⓘ Black-ish ⓘ Cougar Town ⓘ Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 ⓘ
linked to:
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Jake in Progress ⓘ Modern Family ⓘ Modern Family episode "Halloween" ⓘ
linked to:
Modern Family season 7
Notes from the Underbelly ⓘ Scrubs ⓘ Sex and the City ⓘ Superstore ⓘ The Bernie Mac Show ⓘ The Middle ⓘ The Mindy Project ⓘ The Mindy Project (director of multiple episodes) ⓘ
linked to:
The Mindy Project
The Station Agent (cinematographer) ⓘ Traffic Light ⓘ Trophy Wife ⓘ Ugly Betty ⓘ |
| occupation |
cinematographer
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television director ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hollywood
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Los Angeles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Michael Spiller Description of subject: Michael Spiller is an American cinematographer and television director known for his work on numerous acclaimed TV comedies and films.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
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notableRecipient
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Michael Spiller
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