William Lustig
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William Lustig is an American film director and producer best known for his cult horror and exploitation movies, including the slasher classic "Maniac."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Lustig canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7818271 — 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: William Lustig Context triple: [Joe Spinell, workedWith, William Lustig]
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A.
Sebastian Baden
Sebastian Baden is a German art historian and curator who serves as director of the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt, one of Europe’s leading contemporary art institutions.
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B.
Michael Berg
Michael Berg is the introspective German protagonist of Bernhard Schlink’s novel *The Reader*, whose adolescent affair with an older woman shapes his moral and emotional development amid the legacy of the Holocaust.
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C.
Edward Berger
Edward Berger is a German film and television director known for his acclaimed work on series like "Patrick Melrose" and the Oscar-winning war drama "All Quiet on the Western Front."
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D.
Michael Bergmann
Michael Bergmann is an American analytic philosopher known for his work in epistemology, particularly on skepticism, justification, and religious epistemology.
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E.
Carlos Lehder
Carlos Lehder is a Colombian drug lord and co-founder of the Medellín Cartel, notorious for pioneering large-scale cocaine trafficking routes into the United States.
- 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: William Lustig Target entity description: William Lustig is an American film director and producer best known for his cult horror and exploitation movies, including the slasher classic "Maniac."
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A.
Sebastian Baden
Sebastian Baden is a German art historian and curator who serves as director of the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt, one of Europe’s leading contemporary art institutions.
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B.
Michael Berg
Michael Berg is the introspective German protagonist of Bernhard Schlink’s novel *The Reader*, whose adolescent affair with an older woman shapes his moral and emotional development amid the legacy of the Holocaust.
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C.
Edward Berger
Edward Berger is a German film and television director known for his acclaimed work on series like "Patrick Melrose" and the Oscar-winning war drama "All Quiet on the Western Front."
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D.
Michael Bergmann
Michael Bergmann is an American analytic philosopher known for his work in epistemology, particularly on skepticism, justification, and religious epistemology.
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E.
Carlos Lehder
Carlos Lehder is a Colombian drug lord and co-founder of the Medellín Cartel, notorious for pioneering large-scale cocaine trafficking routes into the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | independent film industry ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1955-02-01 ⓘ |
| directed |
Maniac
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Maniac Cop ⓘ Maniac Cop 2 ⓘ Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence ⓘ Uncle Sam ⓘ Vigilante ⓘ |
| familyName | Lustig ⓘ |
| founded | Blue Underground ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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exploitation film ⓘ horror film ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cult horror films
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exploitation cinema ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | William Lustig ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Maniac
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Maniac Cop ⓘ Maniac Cop 2 ⓘ Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence ⓘ Uncle Sam ⓘ Vigilante ⓘ
linked to:
A Vigilante
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| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ home video executive ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| producerOf |
Maniac
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Maniac Cop ⓘ Maniac Cop 2 ⓘ Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence ⓘ Uncle Sam ⓘ Vigilante ⓘ |
| residence | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| wrote |
Maniac
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Maniac Cop ⓘ Maniac Cop 2 ⓘ Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence ⓘ Vigilante ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: William Lustig Description of subject: William Lustig is an American film director and producer best known for his cult horror and exploitation movies, including the slasher classic "Maniac."
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.