Asif Kapadia
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Asif Kapadia is a British filmmaker renowned for his emotionally powerful, archive-driven documentaries such as "Senna," "Amy," and "Diego Maradona."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asif Kapadia canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5107742 — 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: Asif Kapadia Context triple: [Amy, director, Asif Kapadia]
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A.
Seb Janiak
Seb Janiak is a French visual artist and director known for his innovative work in music videos, photography, and digital art.
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B.
Morgan Neville
Morgan Neville is an Academy Award–winning American documentary filmmaker known for acclaimed works such as "20 Feet from Stardom" and "Won’t You Be My Neighbor?".
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C.
Davis Guggenheim
Davis Guggenheim is an American filmmaker and producer best known for directing influential documentaries such as "An Inconvenient Truth," "Waiting for 'Superman'," and "He Named Me Malala."
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D.
William Oldroyd
William Oldroyd is a British film and theatre director best known for his critically acclaimed 2016 period drama film "Lady Macbeth."
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E.
James Marsh
James Marsh is a British filmmaker best known for his acclaimed documentary and narrative features, including the Oscar-winning "Man on Wire" and the biographical drama "The Theory of Everything."
- 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: Asif Kapadia Target entity description: Asif Kapadia is a British filmmaker renowned for his emotionally powerful, archive-driven documentaries such as "Senna," "Amy," and "Diego Maradona."
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A.
Seb Janiak
Seb Janiak is a French visual artist and director known for his innovative work in music videos, photography, and digital art.
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B.
Morgan Neville
Morgan Neville is an Academy Award–winning American documentary filmmaker known for acclaimed works such as "20 Feet from Stardom" and "Won’t You Be My Neighbor?".
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C.
Davis Guggenheim
Davis Guggenheim is an American filmmaker and producer best known for directing influential documentaries such as "An Inconvenient Truth," "Waiting for 'Superman'," and "He Named Me Malala."
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D.
William Oldroyd
William Oldroyd is a British film and theatre director best known for his critically acclaimed 2016 period drama film "Lady Macbeth."
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E.
James Marsh
James Marsh is a British filmmaker best known for his acclaimed documentary and narrative features, including the Oscar-winning "Man on Wire" and the biographical drama "The Theory of Everything."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1990s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
NERFINISHED
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BAFTA Award for Best British Film NERFINISHED ⓘ BAFTA Award for Best Documentary NERFINISHED ⓘ BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer NERFINISHED ⓘ Grammy Award for Best Music Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor |
Amy
NERFINISHED
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Senna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1972-04-02 ⓘ |
| directed |
Ali & Nino
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Amy NERFINISHED ⓘ Diego Maradona NERFINISHED ⓘ Far North NERFINISHED ⓘ Mindhunter (episodes) ⓘ Senna NERFINISHED ⓘ The Outsider (episodes) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sheep Thief NERFINISHED ⓘ The Warrior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
NERFINISHED
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Royal College of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Indian ⓘ |
| familyName | Kapadia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
documentary film
ⓘ
film directing ⓘ screenwriting ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
ⓘ
documentary film ⓘ |
| givenName | Asif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
archive-driven documentaries
ⓘ
emotionally powerful documentaries ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Asif Kapadia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Amy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diego Maradona NERFINISHED ⓘ Senna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| residence |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| wrote |
Far North
NERFINISHED
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The Sheep Thief NERFINISHED ⓘ The Warrior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Asif Kapadia Description of subject: Asif Kapadia is a British filmmaker renowned for his emotionally powerful, archive-driven documentaries such as "Senna," "Amy," and "Diego Maradona."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.