Susan Seidelman
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Susan Seidelman is an American film and television director known for her stylish, offbeat comedies and for helping bring independent, female-driven stories into the mainstream in the 1980s.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Susan Seidelman canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13893533 — 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)
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Target entity: Susan Seidelman Context triple: [Desperately Seeking Susan, director, Susan Seidelman]
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A.
Laura Ziskin
Laura Ziskin was an American film and television producer best known for her work on the Spider-Man film franchise and for being the first woman to solo-produce the Academy Awards telecast.
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B.
Joan Micklin Silver
Joan Micklin Silver was an American film director and screenwriter known for her independent, character-driven films such as "Hester Street" and "Crossing Delancey."
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C.
Elizabeth Swados
Elizabeth Swados was an American composer, writer, and director known for her innovative, socially engaged musical theater works on and off Broadway.
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D.
Amy Heckerling
Amy Heckerling is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for influential comedies such as "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "Clueless."
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E.
Abby Mann
Abby Mann was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his socially conscious dramas, including the Academy Award–winning screenplay for "Judgment at Nuremberg."
- 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: Susan Seidelman Target entity description: Susan Seidelman is an American film and television director known for her stylish, offbeat comedies and for helping bring independent, female-driven stories into the mainstream in the 1980s.
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A.
Laura Ziskin
Laura Ziskin was an American film and television producer best known for her work on the Spider-Man film franchise and for being the first woman to solo-produce the Academy Awards telecast.
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B.
Joan Micklin Silver
Joan Micklin Silver was an American film director and screenwriter known for her independent, character-driven films such as "Hester Street" and "Crossing Delancey."
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C.
Elizabeth Swados
Elizabeth Swados was an American composer, writer, and director known for her innovative, socially engaged musical theater works on and off Broadway.
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D.
Amy Heckerling
Amy Heckerling is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for influential comedies such as "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "Clueless."
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E.
Abby Mann
Abby Mann was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his socially conscious dramas, including the Academy Award–winning screenplay for "Judgment at Nuremberg."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.