Kees Van Oostrum
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Kees Van Oostrum is a Dutch-born cinematographer known for his work in film and television and for serving as president of the American Society of Cinematographers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kees Van Oostrum canonical | 19 |
| Kees van Oostrum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6125788 — 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: Kees Van Oostrum Context triple: [Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story, cinematographer, Kees Van Oostrum]
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A.
Leo Beenhakker
Leo Beenhakker is a Dutch football manager renowned for coaching top clubs and national teams, including Real Madrid, Ajax, and the Netherlands.
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B.
Sidney van den Bergh
Sidney van den Bergh is a Canadian astronomer renowned for his work on galaxies and galaxy clusters, including the discovery of several dwarf galaxies.
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C.
Barend Biesheuvel
Barend Biesheuvel was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1971 to 1973.
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D.
Sven Groeneveld
Sven Groeneveld is a Dutch professional tennis coach known for working with numerous top-ranked players on the WTA and ATP tours.
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E.
Cees Passchier
Cees Passchier is a structural geologist known for his influential work on deformation processes in rocks and contributions to structural analysis and tectonics.
- 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: Kees Van Oostrum Target entity description: Kees Van Oostrum is a Dutch-born cinematographer known for his work in film and television and for serving as president of the American Society of Cinematographers.
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A.
Leo Beenhakker
Leo Beenhakker is a Dutch football manager renowned for coaching top clubs and national teams, including Real Madrid, Ajax, and the Netherlands.
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B.
Sidney van den Bergh
Sidney van den Bergh is a Canadian astronomer renowned for his work on galaxies and galaxy clusters, including the discovery of several dwarf galaxies.
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C.
Barend Biesheuvel
Barend Biesheuvel was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1971 to 1973.
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D.
Sven Groeneveld
Sven Groeneveld is a Dutch professional tennis coach known for working with numerous top-ranked players on the WTA and ATP tours.
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E.
Cees Passchier
Cees Passchier is a structural geologist known for his influential work on deformation processes in rocks and contributions to structural analysis and tectonics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch person
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cinematographer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| employer | American Society of Cinematographers ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cinematography
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film ⓘ television ⓘ |
| genre |
narrative film
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television drama ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| industry |
film industry
ⓘ
television industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Society of Cinematographers ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| notableRole | president of the American Society of Cinematographers ⓘ |
| notableWork |
film cinematography
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television cinematography ⓘ |
| occupation |
cinematographer
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director of photography ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Netherlands ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of the American Society of Cinematographers ⓘ |
| residence |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kees Van Oostrum Description of subject: Kees Van Oostrum is a Dutch-born cinematographer known for his work in film and television and for serving as president of the American Society of Cinematographers.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Deck the Halls
subject linked to:
"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!"
linked to: Kees Van Oostrum
subject linked to:
The Locket