William Brent Bell
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William Brent Bell is an American film director and screenwriter known for his work in the horror genre, including movies like "The Boy" and "Stay Alive."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Brent Bell canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15311530 — 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: William Brent Bell Context triple: [The Boy (2016 film), director, William Brent Bell]
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A.
Brandon P. Bell
Brandon P. Bell is an American actor best known for his leading role in the satirical drama "Dear White People."
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B.
Justin Bell
Justin Bell is the son of American actor Tobin Bell, best known for portraying the Jigsaw killer in the "Saw" film series.
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C.
Michael Wells
Michael Wells is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts.
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D.
Michael Wells
Michael Wells is best known as the husband of acclaimed British actress Susannah York.
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E.
W. Blake Herron
W. Blake Herron was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the hit espionage thriller film "The Bourne Identity."
- 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: William Brent Bell Target entity description: William Brent Bell is an American film director and screenwriter known for his work in the horror genre, including movies like "The Boy" and "Stay Alive."
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A.
Brandon P. Bell
Brandon P. Bell is an American actor best known for his leading role in the satirical drama "Dear White People."
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B.
Justin Bell
Justin Bell is the son of American actor Tobin Bell, best known for portraying the Jigsaw killer in the "Saw" film series.
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C.
Michael Wells
Michael Wells is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts.
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D.
Michael Wells
Michael Wells is best known as the husband of acclaimed British actress Susannah York.
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E.
W. Blake Herron
W. Blake Herron was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the hit espionage thriller film "The Bourne Identity."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.