Slavko Vorkapich
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Slavko Vorkapich was a Yugoslav-American film editor, director, and theorist renowned for his innovative montage sequences and influential work in early Hollywood cinema.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Slavko Vorkapich canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Slavko Vorkapich Context triple: [Robert Florey, coCreator, Slavko Vorkapich]
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A.
Edvard Ravnikar
Edvard Ravnikar was a prominent Slovenian architect and urban planner, a student of Jože Plečnik and Le Corbusier, known for shaping postwar modernist architecture in Slovenia.
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B.
Slavko Vinčić
Slavko Vinčić is a Slovenian football referee known for officiating at the highest levels of European and international competitions, including major UEFA Champions League matches.
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C.
Aco Petrović
Aco Petrović is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player best known for leading top European clubs and the Croatian national team in international competition.
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D.
Andrija Tokic
Andrija Tokic is a Nashville-based record producer and engineer known for his work on acclaimed roots, rock, and Americana albums.
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E.
Milan Hodža
Milan Hodža was a Slovak agrarian politician, journalist, and statesman who became the first Slovak prime minister of Czechoslovakia and a prominent advocate of Central European cooperation.
- 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: Slavko Vorkapich Target entity description: Slavko Vorkapich was a Yugoslav-American film editor, director, and theorist renowned for his innovative montage sequences and influential work in early Hollywood cinema.
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A.
Edvard Ravnikar
Edvard Ravnikar was a prominent Slovenian architect and urban planner, a student of Jože Plečnik and Le Corbusier, known for shaping postwar modernist architecture in Slovenia.
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B.
Slavko Vinčić
Slavko Vinčić is a Slovenian football referee known for officiating at the highest levels of European and international competitions, including major UEFA Champions League matches.
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C.
Aco Petrović
Aco Petrović is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player best known for leading top European clubs and the Croatian national team in international competition.
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D.
Andrija Tokic
Andrija Tokic is a Nashville-based record producer and engineer known for his work on acclaimed roots, rock, and Americana albums.
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E.
Milan Hodža
Milan Hodža was a Slovak agrarian politician, journalist, and statesman who became the first Slovak prime minister of Czechoslovakia and a prominent advocate of Central European cooperation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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film editor ⓘ film theorist ⓘ montage theorist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Hollywood studio records
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film history literature ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest
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linked to:
Hungarian University of Fine Arts
Art Institute of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia Pictures
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ RKO Pictures ⓘ
linked to:
RKO Radio Pictures
University of Southern California ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Serbs ⓘ |
| familyName | Vorkapich ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cinema
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film montage ⓘ |
| genre | experimental film ⓘ |
| givenName | Slavko ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
UCLA Film & Television Archive
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linked to:
UCLA Film and Television Archive
USC School of Cinematic Arts archive ⓘ
linked to:
USC School of Cinematic Arts
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| influenced |
American film montage
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film editing theory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Serbian ⓘ |
| movement | classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential work in early Hollywood cinema
ⓘ
innovative montage sequences ⓘ |
| notableWork |
montage sequences for "Meet John Doe"
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montage sequences for "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" ⓘ montage sequences for "The Good Earth" ⓘ short film "Forest Murmurs" ⓘ short film "Moods of the Sea" ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film editor ⓘ film theorist ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Dobrinci
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Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia ⓘ Syrmia ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Illinois
ⓘ
Moline ⓘ
linked to:
Moline, Illinois
United States of America ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chair of the Department of Cinema at the University of Southern California ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workedIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
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Subject: Slavko Vorkapich Description of subject: Slavko Vorkapich was a Yugoslav-American film editor, director, and theorist renowned for his innovative montage sequences and influential work in early Hollywood cinema.
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