Mark Irwin
E375228
Mark Irwin is a Canadian cinematographer known for his work on numerous feature films, including collaborations with directors like David Cronenberg and on popular comedies such as "Old School."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mark Irwin canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3621298 — 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: Mark Irwin Context triple: [Old School, cinematography, Mark Irwin]
-
A.
John Irwin
John Irwin is a television producer best known for his work as an executive producer on major late-night talk shows, including The Jay Leno Show.
-
B.
Ken Moffett
Ken Moffett was a prominent American labor mediator and union negotiator best known for his key role in resolving major sports labor disputes, including those in Major League Baseball.
-
C.
Ken Hutchison
Ken Hutchison was a Scottish actor known for his intense character roles in film and television during the 1970s and 1980s.
-
D.
Alan Osbiston
Alan Osbiston was a British film editor known for his work on notable mid-20th-century films, including major war and drama productions.
-
E.
Josh Irving
Josh Irving is the son of American novelist Clifford Irving, who gained notoriety for his infamous hoax autobiography of Howard Hughes.
- 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: Mark Irwin Target entity description: Mark Irwin is a Canadian cinematographer known for his work on numerous feature films, including collaborations with directors like David Cronenberg and on popular comedies such as "Old School."
-
A.
John Irwin
John Irwin is a television producer best known for his work as an executive producer on major late-night talk shows, including The Jay Leno Show.
-
B.
Ken Moffett
Ken Moffett was a prominent American labor mediator and union negotiator best known for his key role in resolving major sports labor disputes, including those in Major League Baseball.
-
C.
Ken Hutchison
Ken Hutchison was a Scottish actor known for his intense character roles in film and television during the 1970s and 1980s.
-
D.
Alan Osbiston
Alan Osbiston was a British film editor known for his work on notable mid-20th-century films, including major war and drama productions.
-
E.
Josh Irving
Josh Irving is the son of American novelist Clifford Irving, who gained notoriety for his infamous hoax autobiography of Howard Hughes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian cinematographer
ⓘ
cinematographer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | cinematography ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization |
comedy films
ⓘ
horror films ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaborations with David Cronenberg
ⓘ
work on feature films ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Mark Irwin self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| notableFor | visual style in genre cinema ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Big Momma's House 2
ⓘ
Dumb and Dumber ⓘ Kingpin ⓘ Me, Myself & Irene ⓘ Old School ⓘ Passenger 57 ⓘ RoboCop 2 ⓘ Scanners ⓘ Scream ⓘ The Brood ⓘ The Dead Zone ⓘ The Fly ⓘ There's Something About Mary ⓘ Videodrome ⓘ |
| occupation |
cinematographer
ⓘ
director of photography ⓘ |
| workedWith |
David Cronenberg
ⓘ
Farrelly brothers ⓘ Todd Phillips ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mark Irwin Description of subject: Mark Irwin is a Canadian cinematographer known for his work on numerous feature films, including collaborations with directors like David Cronenberg and on popular comedies such as "Old School."
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
American Pie 2
subject surface form:
Steel (1997 film)
subject surface form:
The Fly (1986 film)