Guillermo Arriaga
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Guillermo Arriaga is a Mexican screenwriter, director, and novelist best known for his nonlinear, multi-strand narratives in films such as "Amores Perros," "21 Grams," and "Babel."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guillermo Arriaga canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2658853 — 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)
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Target entity: Guillermo Arriaga Context triple: [Alejandro G. Iñárritu, notableCollaboration, Guillermo Arriaga]
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A.
Alejandro Amenábar
Alejandro Amenábar is a Chilean-Spanish film director, screenwriter, and composer known for acclaimed films such as "The Others" and "The Sea Inside."
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B.
Rodrigo García
Rodrigo García is a Colombian-born film and television director and screenwriter, known for character-driven dramas and for being the son of Nobel Prize–winning author Gabriel García Márquez.
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C.
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo is a Mexican actor known for his roles in both Hollywood and Mexican cinema, including ensemble casts in major films and prominent parts in television series.
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D.
Javier Aguirresarobe
Javier Aguirresarobe is an acclaimed Spanish cinematographer known for his work on both European and Hollywood films, including major genre and franchise productions.
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E.
Agustín Almodóvar
Agustín Almodóvar is a Spanish film producer and co-founder of the production company El Deseo, known for collaborating on many of his brother Pedro Almodóvar’s acclaimed films.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Guillermo Arriaga Target entity description: Guillermo Arriaga is a Mexican screenwriter, director, and novelist best known for his nonlinear, multi-strand narratives in films such as "Amores Perros," "21 Grams," and "Babel."
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A.
Alejandro Amenábar
Alejandro Amenábar is a Chilean-Spanish film director, screenwriter, and composer known for acclaimed films such as "The Others" and "The Sea Inside."
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B.
Rodrigo García
Rodrigo García is a Colombian-born film and television director and screenwriter, known for character-driven dramas and for being the son of Nobel Prize–winning author Gabriel García Márquez.
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C.
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo is a Mexican actor known for his roles in both Hollywood and Mexican cinema, including ensemble casts in major films and prominent parts in television series.
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D.
Javier Aguirresarobe
Javier Aguirresarobe is an acclaimed Spanish cinematographer known for his work on both European and Hollywood films, including major genre and franchise productions.
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E.
Agustín Almodóvar
Agustín Almodóvar is a Spanish film producer and co-founder of the production company El Deseo, known for collaborating on many of his brother Pedro Almodóvar’s acclaimed films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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human ⓘ novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Best Screenplay Award at Cannes Film Festival
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Alfaguara Prize ⓘ
surface form:
Premio Alfaguara de Novela
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| collaboratedWith |
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
ⓘ
surface form:
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Tommy Lee Jones ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Mexico ⓘ |
| directed | The Burning Plain ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México
ⓘ
surface form:
Universidad Iberoamericana
|
| familyName | Arriaga ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cinema
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ multi-strand narrative ⓘ nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| givenName | Guillermo ⓘ |
| hasWorkInGenre |
crime drama
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psychological drama ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Latin American literature
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William Faulkner ⓘ |
| knownFor |
multi-strand film narratives
ⓘ
nonlinear storytelling ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Spanish ⓘ |
| name | Guillermo Arriaga self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Mexican ⓘ |
| notableWork |
21 Grams
ⓘ
Amores perros ⓘ
surface form:
Amores Perros
Babel ⓘ El búfalo de la noche ⓘ Escuadrón Guillotina ⓘ Salvar el fuego ⓘ The Burning Plain ⓘ The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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novelist ⓘ producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| workLocation | Mexico City ⓘ |
| wrote |
screenplay of 21 Grams
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screenplay of Amores Perros ⓘ screenplay of Babel ⓘ screenplay of The Burning Plain ⓘ screenplay of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Guillermo Arriaga Description of subject: Guillermo Arriaga is a Mexican screenwriter, director, and novelist best known for his nonlinear, multi-strand narratives in films such as "Amores Perros," "21 Grams," and "Babel."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Babel (2006 film)