James Needs
E456207
James Needs was a British film editor best known for his work on classic Hammer horror films, including "Horror of Dracula."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Needs canonical | 22 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4609739 — 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: James Needs Context triple: [Horror of Dracula, editedBy, James Needs]
-
A.
James Needs
James Needs is a magazine editor known for his work on the science fiction publication *Spaceways*.
-
B.
Marc McClure
Marc McClure is an American actor best known for playing Jimmy Olsen in the Superman film series and Dave McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy.
-
C.
Lyndon Simmonds
Lyndon Simmonds is a former professional footballer best known for playing as a forward in the English leagues during the late 20th century.
-
D.
William Ryan
William Ryan is a marine geologist and oceanographer known for his influential work on seafloor spreading and the geological history of the Black Sea, including the "Noah's Flood" hypothesis.
-
E.
Joe Dougherty
Joe Dougherty was an American voice actor best known for originating the voice of the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig in the 1930s.
- 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: James Needs Target entity description: James Needs was a British film editor best known for his work on classic Hammer horror films, including "Horror of Dracula."
-
A.
James Needs
James Needs is a magazine editor known for his work on the science fiction publication *Spaceways*.
-
B.
Marc McClure
Marc McClure is an American actor best known for playing Jimmy Olsen in the Superman film series and Dave McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy.
-
C.
Lyndon Simmonds
Lyndon Simmonds is a former professional footballer best known for playing as a forward in the English leagues during the late 20th century.
-
D.
William Ryan
William Ryan is a marine geologist and oceanographer known for his influential work on seafloor spreading and the geological history of the Black Sea, including the "Noah's Flood" hypothesis.
-
E.
Joe Dougherty
Joe Dougherty was an American voice actor best known for originating the voice of the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig in the 1930s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
ⓘ
film editor ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn | 20th-century British cinema ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hammer horror
ⓘ
linked to:
Hammer horror films
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employer | Hammer Film Productions ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | film editing ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization |
Gothic horror film
ⓘ
horror film ⓘ |
| hasNotableStyle |
atmospheric pacing
ⓘ
narrative-driven editing ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| knownFor | editing Hammer horror films ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Horror of Dracula
ⓘ
classic Hammer horror films ⓘ |
| occupation |
cinema editor
ⓘ
film editor ⓘ |
| workedOn | Horror of Dracula ⓘ |
| workFocus | commercial genre films ⓘ |
| workLocation |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
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: James Needs Description of subject: James Needs was a British film editor best known for his work on classic Hammer horror films, including "Horror of Dracula."
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.