Steven Schachter
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American
film
film director
person
screenwriter
television director
television film
television writer
Steven Schachter is an American director and screenwriter best known for his frequent collaborations with actor William H. Macy on television films and adaptations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steven Schachter canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10210841 — 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: Steven Schachter Context triple: [The Street Lawyer, adaptationDirector, Steven Schachter]
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A.
Norm Schachter
Norm Schachter was a prominent American football official best known for serving as the referee in the first three Super Bowls.
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B.
Andrew Scheinman
Andrew Scheinman is an American film and television producer and director best known for his work on popular comedies such as "When Harry Met Sally..." and his collaborations with Rob Reiner.
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C.
Steven Fierberg
Steven Fierberg is an American cinematographer known for his work on feature films and television series, including the romantic drama "Love & Other Drugs."
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D.
Steven Rosenblum
Steven Rosenblum is a film editor best known for his frequent collaborations with director Edward Zwick on movies such as "Blood Diamond," "Glory," and "The Last Samurai."
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E.
Richard Martin Stern
Richard Martin Stern was an American novelist best known for his disaster and suspense fiction, including the novel that inspired the film "The Towering Inferno."
- 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: Steven Schachter Target entity description: Steven Schachter is an American director and screenwriter best known for his frequent collaborations with actor William H. Macy on television films and adaptations.
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A.
Norm Schachter
Norm Schachter was a prominent American football official best known for serving as the referee in the first three Super Bowls.
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B.
Andrew Scheinman
Andrew Scheinman is an American film and television producer and director best known for his work on popular comedies such as "When Harry Met Sally..." and his collaborations with Rob Reiner.
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C.
Steven Fierberg
Steven Fierberg is an American cinematographer known for his work on feature films and television series, including the romantic drama "Love & Other Drugs."
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D.
Steven Rosenblum
Steven Rosenblum is a film editor best known for his frequent collaborations with director Edward Zwick on movies such as "Blood Diamond," "Glory," and "The Last Samurai."
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E.
Richard Martin Stern
Richard Martin Stern was an American novelist best known for his disaster and suspense fiction, including the novel that inspired the film "The Towering Inferno."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
film ⓘ film director ⓘ person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television director ⓘ television film ⓘ television film ⓘ television film ⓘ television film ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | William H. Macy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| directed |
A Slight Case of Murder (1999 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Slight Case of Murder
Door to Door ⓘ The Deal (2008 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Deal
The Water Engine (1992 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Water Engine
The Wool Cap ⓘ |
| directedTelevisionFilm |
A Slight Case of Murder (1999 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Slight Case of Murder
Door to Door ⓘ The Water Engine (1992 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Water Engine
The Wool Cap ⓘ |
| director |
Steven Schachter
ⓘ
Steven Schachter ⓘ Steven Schachter ⓘ Steven Schachter ⓘ Steven Schachter ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adaptations
ⓘ
frequent collaborations with William H. Macy ⓘ television films ⓘ |
| occupation |
director
ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ television director ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| starred |
William H. Macy
ⓘ
William H. Macy ⓘ William H. Macy ⓘ William H. Macy ⓘ William H. Macy ⓘ |
| workedWith |
TNT (TV network)
ⓘ
linked to:
TNT network
William H. Macy ⓘ |
| wroteScreenplayFor |
A Slight Case of Murder (1999 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Slight Case of Murder
Door to Door ⓘ The Deal (2008 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Deal
The Water Engine (1992 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Water Engine
The Wool Cap ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Steven Schachter Description of subject: Steven Schachter is an American director and screenwriter best known for his frequent collaborations with actor William H. Macy on television films and adaptations.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
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subject linked to:
Steven Schachter
subject linked to:
Steven Schachter
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Steven Schachter
subject linked to:
Steven Schachter