David Zellner

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actor film director film producer independent filmmaker person screenwriter

David Zellner is an American independent filmmaker and actor known for his offbeat, character-driven films such as "Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter" and "Damsel."

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
David Zellner canonical	5
Nathan Zellner	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2929249 — 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: David Zellner
Context triple: [Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, director, David Zellner]

A. Johnny Gandelsman
Johnny Gandelsman is a Grammy-winning violinist and producer known for his work with ensembles like Brooklyn Rider and the Silk Road Ensemble, as well as for his innovative solo projects.
B. Chris Klein
Chris Klein is a former American professional soccer player who later became a sports executive, notably serving as president of Major League Soccer’s LA Galaxy.
C. Dan Jewett
Dan Jewett is an American science teacher known for his brief marriage to billionaire philanthropist and novelist MacKenzie Scott.
D. David Denman
David Denman is an American actor best known for his role as Roy Anderson on the U.S. version of "The Office" and for supporting performances in films and television series across comedy and drama.
E. Joel Stransky
Joel Stransky is a former South African rugby union fly-half best known for kicking the winning drop goal in the 1995 Rugby World Cup final.
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: David Zellner
Target entity description: David Zellner is an American independent filmmaker and actor known for his offbeat, character-driven films such as "Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter" and "Damsel."

A. Johnny Gandelsman
Johnny Gandelsman is a Grammy-winning violinist and producer known for his work with ensembles like Brooklyn Rider and the Silk Road Ensemble, as well as for his innovative solo projects.
B. Chris Klein
Chris Klein is a former American professional soccer player who later became a sports executive, notably serving as president of Major League Soccer’s LA Galaxy.
C. Dan Jewett
Dan Jewett is an American science teacher known for his brief marriage to billionaire philanthropist and novelist MacKenzie Scott.
D. David Denman
David Denman is an American actor best known for his role as Roy Anderson on the U.S. version of "The Office" and for supporting performances in films and television series across comedy and drama.
E. Joel Stransky
Joel Stransky is a former South African rugby union fly-half best known for kicking the winning drop goal in the 1995 Rugby World Cup final.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ independent filmmaker ⓘ person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
appearsIn	Damsel ⓘ Goliath ⓘ Kid-Thing ⓘ Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Nathan Zellner ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
director	David Zellner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
directorOf	Damsel ⓘ Goliath ⓘ Kid-Thing ⓘ Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter ⓘ
genre	comedy-drama film ⓘ independent film ⓘ offbeat cinema ⓘ
knownFor	offbeat character-driven films ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Zellner Brothers ⓘ
notableWork	Damsel ⓘ Goliath ⓘ Kid-Thing ⓘ Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
screenwriter	David Zellner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
sibling	Nathan Zellner ⓘ
writerOf	Damsel ⓘ Goliath ⓘ Kid-Thing ⓘ Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter → director → David Zellner ⓘ

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter → writer → David Zellner ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nathan Zellner

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter → producer → David Zellner ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nathan Zellner

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter → starring → David Zellner ⓘ

David Zellner → director → David Zellner self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

David Zellner → screenwriter → David Zellner self-linksurface differs ⓘ