Igor Luther

E474450

cinematographer person

Igor Luther was a Slovak-born cinematographer known for his work on numerous European and international films, often collaborating with acclaimed directors on visually distinctive projects.

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Label	Occurrences
Igor Luther canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4861328 — 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: Igor Luther
Context triple: [The Handmaid's Tale (1990 film), cinematographyBy, Igor Luther]

A. Leo Klier
Leo Klier was an American professional basketball player and two-time All-American at Notre Dame who played in the early years of the Basketball Association of America (BAA).
B. Dirk Wilutzky
Dirk Wilutzky is a German film producer and director best known for his work on the Academy Award–winning documentary "Citizenfour."
C. Jimmy Ernst
Jimmy Ernst was a German-born American abstract expressionist painter and the son of surrealist artist Max Ernst.
D. Christian Weber
Christian Weber was a prominent early member of the Nazi Party and close associate of Adolf Hitler who held influential positions within the regime.
E. Oscar Lorkowski
Oscar Lorkowski is a young boy in the film "Sunshine Cleaning," serving as the son of protagonist Rose Lorkowski and a key emotional anchor in the story.
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: Igor Luther
Target entity description: Igor Luther was a Slovak-born cinematographer known for his work on numerous European and international films, often collaborating with acclaimed directors on visually distinctive projects.

A. Leo Klier
Leo Klier was an American professional basketball player and two-time All-American at Notre Dame who played in the early years of the Basketball Association of America (BAA).
B. Dirk Wilutzky
Dirk Wilutzky is a German film producer and director best known for his work on the Academy Award–winning documentary "Citizenfour."
C. Jimmy Ernst
Jimmy Ernst was a German-born American abstract expressionist painter and the son of surrealist artist Max Ernst.
D. Christian Weber
Christian Weber was a prominent early member of the Nazi Party and close associate of Adolf Hitler who held influential positions within the regime.
E. Oscar Lorkowski
Oscar Lorkowski is a young boy in the film "Sunshine Cleaning," serving as the son of protagonist Rose Lorkowski and a key emotional anchor in the story.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cinematographer ⓘ person ⓘ
activeIn	European cinema ⓘ international cinema ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Agnieszka Holland ⓘ Juraj Jakubisko ⓘ Margarethe von Trotta ⓘ Volker Schlöndorff ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Czechoslovakia ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ
countryOfDeath	Czech Republic ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1942-08-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2020-06-07 ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ
familyName	Luther ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Igor ⓘ
knownFor	visually distinctive cinematography ⓘ work on European art films ⓘ
language	German ⓘ Slovak ⓘ
name	Igor Luther ⓘ
nationality	Slovak ⓘ linked to: Slovaks
occupation	cinematographer ⓘ director of photography ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Banská Štiavnica ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Prague ⓘ
residence	Prague ⓘ
workedOn	Coup de Grâce ⓘ Die Blechtrommel ⓘ The Candidate (1968 film) ⓘ The Confessions of Winifred Wagner ⓘ The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum ⓘ linked to: The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum The Ogre ⓘ The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach ⓘ The Tin Drum ⓘ