Greg Strause
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Greg Strause is an American visual effects artist and filmmaker best known as one half of the Strause brothers directing team behind science fiction and horror films such as "Skyline" and "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem."
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| Greg Strause canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9579052 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Greg Strause Context triple: [Skyline, director, Greg Strause]
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Kevin Riepl
Kevin Riepl is an American composer best known for his atmospheric scores for films and video games, including work on titles like Gears of War and various horror and sci-fi projects.
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Bill Steinkellner
Bill Steinkellner is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on popular sitcoms, often in collaboration with his wife Cheri Steinkellner.
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John Eisendrath
John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
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Brian Roettinger
Brian Roettinger is an American graphic designer and art director known for his innovative work in music packaging and visual identities for prominent artists and brands.
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Jeffrey Maier
Jeffrey Maier is the baseball fan best known for reaching over the outfield wall during a 1996 American League Championship Series game at Yankee Stadium, an infamous interference incident that helped the New York Yankees and became a major MLB controversy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Greg Strause Target entity description: Greg Strause is an American visual effects artist and filmmaker best known as one half of the Strause brothers directing team behind science fiction and horror films such as "Skyline" and "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem."
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A.
Kevin Riepl
Kevin Riepl is an American composer best known for his atmospheric scores for films and video games, including work on titles like Gears of War and various horror and sci-fi projects.
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B.
Bill Steinkellner
Bill Steinkellner is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on popular sitcoms, often in collaboration with his wife Cheri Steinkellner.
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C.
John Eisendrath
John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
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D.
Brian Roettinger
Brian Roettinger is an American graphic designer and art director known for his innovative work in music packaging and visual identities for prominent artists and brands.
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E.
Jeffrey Maier
Jeffrey Maier is the baseball fan best known for reaching over the outfield wall during a 1996 American League Championship Series game at Yankee Stadium, an infamous interference incident that helped the New York Yankees and became a major MLB controversy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ visual effects artist ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film industry
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visual effects industry ⓘ |
| basedIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| coFounded | Hydraulx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | major Hollywood studios ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| directorOf |
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
NERFINISHED
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Skyline NERFINISHED ⓘ Skyline 2 (Beyond Skyline franchise involvement – production/creative)? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Hydraulx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
filmmaking
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visual effects ⓘ |
| genre |
horror film
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science fiction film ⓘ |
| hasNotableCollaboration | The Brothers Strause directing team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Colin Strause NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
commercial director
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visual effects supervisor on feature films ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one half of The Brothers Strause
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directing Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem ⓘ directing Skyline ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | The Brothers Strause NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | directing large-scale visual effects-driven films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
NERFINISHED
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Skyline NERFINISHED ⓘ music video direction (various artists) ⓘ visual effects work on major Hollywood films ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ visual effects supervisor ⓘ |
| partnerInBusinessWith | Colin Strause NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Colin Strause NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
creature effects
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large-scale destruction effects ⓘ science fiction visual effects ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
computer-generated imagery
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digital compositing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Greg Strause Description of subject: Greg Strause is an American visual effects artist and filmmaker best known as one half of the Strause brothers directing team behind science fiction and horror films such as "Skyline" and "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem."
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