Michael Radford

E549497

British person film director human screenwriter

Michael Radford is a British film director and screenwriter best known for works such as "Nineteen Eighty-Four" and "Il Postino."

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Michael Radford canonical	4

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5861701 — 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: Michael Radford
Context triple: [Another Time, Another Place (1983 film), director, Michael Radford]

A. Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford is an acclaimed Australian film director known for his influential role in the Australian New Wave movement and for internationally recognized films such as "Breaker Morant" and "Driving Miss Daisy."
B. Oliver Parker
Oliver Parker is a British filmmaker and screenwriter known for directing literary adaptations such as the 1995 film version of Shakespeare’s "Othello."
C. Thomas Eyre
Thomas Eyre is a relatively obscure historical figure whose specific identity and achievements are not clearly distinguished in common reference sources.
D. Roland Joffé
Roland Joffé is a British film director and producer best known for his Oscar-nominated work on politically charged dramas such as "The Killing Fields" and "The Mission."
E. Christopher Doyle
Christopher Doyle is an acclaimed Australian-Hong Kong cinematographer renowned for his visually inventive work on films such as those by Wong Kar-wai and other international auteurs.
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: Michael Radford
Target entity description: Michael Radford is a British film director and screenwriter best known for works such as "Nineteen Eighty-Four" and "Il Postino."

A. Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford is an acclaimed Australian film director known for his influential role in the Australian New Wave movement and for internationally recognized films such as "Breaker Morant" and "Driving Miss Daisy."
B. Oliver Parker
Oliver Parker is a British filmmaker and screenwriter known for directing literary adaptations such as the 1995 film version of Shakespeare’s "Othello."
C. Thomas Eyre
Thomas Eyre is a relatively obscure historical figure whose specific identity and achievements are not clearly distinguished in common reference sources.
D. Roland Joffé
Roland Joffé is a British film director and producer best known for his Oscar-nominated work on politically charged dramas such as "The Killing Fields" and "The Mission."
E. Christopher Doyle
Christopher Doyle is an acclaimed Australian-Hong Kong cinematographer renowned for his visually inventive work on films such as those by Wong Kar-wai and other international auteurs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British person ⓘ film director ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
adaptedFrom	Il Postino (novel "Ardiente paciencia" by Antonio Skármeta) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nineteen Eighty-Four (novel by George Orwell) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Merchant of Venice (play by William Shakespeare) NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award nomination (for Il Postino, as screenwriter) ⓘ BAFTA Award nomination NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
directed	Another Time, Another Place NERFINISHED ⓘ B. Monkey NERFINISHED ⓘ Dancing at the Blue Iguana NERFINISHED ⓘ Flawless NERFINISHED ⓘ Il Postino NERFINISHED ⓘ Nineteen Eighty-Four NERFINISHED ⓘ The Merchant of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ White Mischief NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Radford NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	cinema ⓘ film direction ⓘ screenwriting ⓘ
genre	drama film ⓘ literary adaptation ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ
givenName	Michael ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
name	Michael Radford NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableFor	Italian-language film Il Postino ⓘ film adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four ⓘ
notableWork	Another Time, Another Place NERFINISHED ⓘ Il Postino NERFINISHED ⓘ Nineteen Eighty-Four NERFINISHED ⓘ The Merchant of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ White Mischief NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	film director ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
screenwrote	Another Time, Another Place NERFINISHED ⓘ B. Monkey NERFINISHED ⓘ Dancing at the Blue Iguana NERFINISHED ⓘ Flawless NERFINISHED ⓘ Il Postino NERFINISHED ⓘ White Mischief NERFINISHED ⓘ
workLocation	Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Another Time, Another Place → director → Michael Radford ⓘ

subject surface form: Another Time, Another Place (1983 film)

Another Time, Another Place → screenwriter → Michael Radford ⓘ

subject surface form: Another Time, Another Place (1983 film)

film "Il Postino" (indirectly, as a character based on him) → director → Michael Radford ⓘ

subject surface form: Il Postino

film "Il Postino" (indirectly, as a character based on him) → screenwriter → Michael Radford ⓘ