Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard
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cinematographer
film director
human
music video director
photographer
portrait photographer
screenwriter
Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard is a Dutch photographer, music video director, and filmmaker renowned for his stark, atmospheric portraits of musicians and influential work with bands like Depeche Mode and U2.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anton Corbijn | 4 |
| Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5862197 — 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: Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard Context triple: [Anton Corbijn, birthName, Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard]
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Jan van der Does
Jan van der Does was a Dutch nobleman, poet, and military leader best known for organizing and leading the defense of Leiden during the Eighty Years' War.
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B.
Jules Cronjager
Jules Cronjager was an early 20th-century cinematographer and industry figure who helped shape the professional community of American cameramen.
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Marius de Vries
Marius de Vries is a British composer, producer, and arranger known for his innovative work on film soundtracks and collaborations with prominent pop and electronic artists.
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D.
Jean van Duren
Jean van Duren was an 18th-century publisher known for issuing the political treatise "Anti-Machiavel," often associated with Frederick the Great.
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E.
Willem Drost
Willem Drost was a Dutch Golden Age painter and etcher known for his Rembrandt-influenced biblical and historical scenes.
- 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: Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard Target entity description: Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard is a Dutch photographer, music video director, and filmmaker renowned for his stark, atmospheric portraits of musicians and influential work with bands like Depeche Mode and U2.
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A.
Jan van der Does
Jan van der Does was a Dutch nobleman, poet, and military leader best known for organizing and leading the defense of Leiden during the Eighty Years' War.
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B.
Jules Cronjager
Jules Cronjager was an early 20th-century cinematographer and industry figure who helped shape the professional community of American cameramen.
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C.
Marius de Vries
Marius de Vries is a British composer, producer, and arranger known for his innovative work on film soundtracks and collaborations with prominent pop and electronic artists.
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D.
Jean van Duren
Jean van Duren was an 18th-century publisher known for issuing the political treatise "Anti-Machiavel," often associated with Frederick the Great.
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E.
Willem Drost
Willem Drost was a Dutch Golden Age painter and etcher known for his Rembrandt-influenced biblical and historical scenes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cinematographer
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film director ⓘ human ⓘ music video director ⓘ photographer ⓘ portrait photographer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| birthName | Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| familyName | Corbijn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
feature film direction
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music video direction ⓘ portrait photography ⓘ |
| genre |
music photography
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rock photography ⓘ |
| givenName | Anton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkedWith |
Arcade Fire
NERFINISHED
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Bruce Springsteen NERFINISHED ⓘ Coldplay NERFINISHED ⓘ David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ Depeche Mode NERFINISHED ⓘ Echo & the Bunnymen NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbert Grönemeyer NERFINISHED ⓘ Joy Division NERFINISHED ⓘ Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ Nirvana NERFINISHED ⓘ R.E.M. NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rolling Stones NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Waits NERFINISHED ⓘ U2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
visual identity of Depeche Mode
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visual identity of U2 ⓘ |
| language |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary photography ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| notableFor |
documentary Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
NERFINISHED
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film A Most Wanted Man NERFINISHED ⓘ film Control NERFINISHED ⓘ film Life ⓘ film Spirit in the Room NERFINISHED ⓘ film The American ⓘ long-term visual collaboration with Depeche Mode ⓘ long-term visual collaboration with U2 ⓘ music videos for Arcade Fire ⓘ music videos for Coldplay ⓘ music videos for Depeche Mode ⓘ music videos for Echo & the Bunnymen ⓘ music videos for Joy Division ⓘ music videos for Metallica ⓘ music videos for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ⓘ music videos for Nirvana ⓘ music videos for U2 ⓘ stark atmospheric black-and-white portraits of musicians ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Most Wanted Man
NERFINISHED
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Control NERFINISHED ⓘ Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) NERFINISHED ⓘ The American NERFINISHED ⓘ photography book 1-2-3-4 ⓘ photography book Famouz NERFINISHED ⓘ photography book Star Trak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
art director
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cinematographer ⓘ film director ⓘ music video director ⓘ photographer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ video artist ⓘ |
| style |
high-contrast black-and-white imagery
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minimalist composition ⓘ moody atmospheric portraiture ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard Description of subject: Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard is a Dutch photographer, music video director, and filmmaker renowned for his stark, atmospheric portraits of musicians and influential work with bands like Depeche Mode and U2.
Referenced by (5)
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