Richard Roud
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Richard Roud was an influential American film critic and programmer best known for co-founding and shaping the New York Film Festival into a major platform for international cinema.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard Roud canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3266574 — 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: Richard Roud Context triple: [New York Film Festival, foundedBy, Richard Roud]
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A.
Michael Chapman
Michael Chapman was an acclaimed American cinematographer best known for his influential work on landmark films of the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in collaboration with director Martin Scorsese.
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B.
David Farrar
David Farrar is a Canadian academic and administrator who serves as the president and vice-chancellor of McMaster University.
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C.
Ian Reed
Ian Reed is a colleague of the fictional London detective John Luther in the British crime drama series "Luther."
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D.
James Broughton
James Broughton was an American poet and experimental filmmaker associated with the San Francisco Renaissance, known for his whimsical, avant-garde works and celebration of personal freedom and sexuality.
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E.
Denis Lawson
Denis Lawson is a Scottish actor best known for roles such as Wedge Antilles in the original Star Wars trilogy and numerous performances in British television and theatre.
- 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: Richard Roud Target entity description: Richard Roud was an influential American film critic and programmer best known for co-founding and shaping the New York Film Festival into a major platform for international cinema.
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A.
Michael Chapman
Michael Chapman was an acclaimed American cinematographer best known for his influential work on landmark films of the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in collaboration with director Martin Scorsese.
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B.
David Farrar
David Farrar is a Canadian academic and administrator who serves as the president and vice-chancellor of McMaster University.
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C.
Ian Reed
Ian Reed is a colleague of the fictional London detective John Luther in the British crime drama series "Luther."
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D.
James Broughton
James Broughton was an American poet and experimental filmmaker associated with the San Francisco Renaissance, known for his whimsical, avant-garde works and celebration of personal freedom and sexuality.
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E.
Denis Lawson
Denis Lawson is a Scottish actor best known for roles such as Wedge Antilles in the original Star Wars trilogy and numerous performances in British television and theatre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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author ⓘ festival director ⓘ film critic ⓘ film programmer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| coFounded | New York Film Festival ⓘ |
| contributedTo | recognition of auteur cinema in America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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New York Film Festival ⓘ |
| familyName | Roud ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film criticism
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film programming ⓘ international cinema ⓘ |
| genre | film criticism ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| influenced | reception of international cinema in the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
championing European art cinema
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promoting international auteurs in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Richard Roud self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
co-founding the New York Film Festival
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shaping the New York Film Festival into a major platform for international cinema ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Passion for Films: Henri Langlois and the Cinémathèque Française
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Cinema: A Critical Dictionary – The Major Filmmakers ⓘ Jean-Luc Godard ⓘ
surface form:
Godard
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| occupation |
author
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film critic ⓘ film programmer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | programming director of the New York Film Festival ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
European cinema
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Henri Langlois ⓘ Jean-Luc Godard ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Richard Roud Description of subject: Richard Roud was an influential American film critic and programmer best known for co-founding and shaping the New York Film Festival into a major platform for international cinema.
Referenced by (2)
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