Ted Demme
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Ted Demme was an American film and television director and producer known for works such as the feature film "Blow" and various music videos and TV projects.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ted Demme canonical | 8 |
| Edward Kern Demme | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1921045 — 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: Ted Demme Context triple: [Streets of Philadelphia, musicVideoDirector, Ted Demme]
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A.
Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme was an American film director best known for his eclectic body of work, including the Oscar-winning thriller "The Silence of the Lambs" and acclaimed music documentaries like "Stop Making Sense."
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B.
Greg Abel
Greg Abel is a Canadian businessman and heir apparent to Warren Buffett as the future leader of Berkshire Hathaway, overseeing the conglomerate’s non-insurance operations.
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C.
Phil Joanou
Phil Joanou is an American film and music video director best known for his collaborations with U2 and for directing feature films such as "State of Grace."
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D.
Roger Spottiswoode
Roger Spottiswoode is a British-Canadian film director and editor known for directing a range of Hollywood features, including the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies."
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E.
Jeannot Szwarc
Jeannot Szwarc is a French-American film and television director best known for helming major genre projects such as "Jaws 2," "Somewhere in Time," and numerous episodes of popular TV series.
- 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: Ted Demme Target entity description: Ted Demme was an American film and television director and producer known for works such as the feature film "Blow" and various music videos and TV projects.
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A.
Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme was an American film director best known for his eclectic body of work, including the Oscar-winning thriller "The Silence of the Lambs" and acclaimed music documentaries like "Stop Making Sense."
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B.
Greg Abel
Greg Abel is a Canadian businessman and heir apparent to Warren Buffett as the future leader of Berkshire Hathaway, overseeing the conglomerate’s non-insurance operations.
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C.
Phil Joanou
Phil Joanou is an American film and music video director best known for his collaborations with U2 and for directing feature films such as "State of Grace."
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D.
Roger Spottiswoode
Roger Spottiswoode is a British-Canadian film director and editor known for directing a range of Hollywood features, including the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies."
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E.
Jeannot Szwarc
Jeannot Szwarc is a French-American film and television director best known for helming major genre projects such as "Jaws 2," "Somewhere in Time," and numerous episodes of popular TV series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
ⓘ
film producer ⓘ human ⓘ television director ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film industry
ⓘ
television industry ⓘ |
| birthName |
Ted Demme
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Edward Kern Demme
|
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfBirth | 1963-10-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2002-01-13 ⓘ |
| directorOf |
A Decade Under the Influence
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Beautiful Girls ⓘ Blow ⓘ Life ⓘ Monument Ave. ⓘ The Ref ⓘ Who’s the Man? ⓘ Yo! MTV Raps ⓘ |
| familyName | Demme ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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crime film ⓘ drama film ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| hasUncle | Jonathan Demme ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Beautiful Girls
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surface form:
directing Beautiful Girls
directing Life ⓘ directing The Ref ⓘ directing feature film Blow ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| name | Ted Demme self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nickname | Ted ⓘ |
| notableWork | Blow ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
ⓘ
film producer ⓘ television director ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
New York
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Santa Monica ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| producerOf | A Decade Under the Influence ⓘ |
| relative | Jonathan Demme ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Amanda Scheer-Demme ⓘ |
| workedFor | MTV ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ted Demme Description of subject: Ted Demme was an American film and television director and producer known for works such as the feature film "Blow" and various music videos and TV projects.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Edward Kern Demme