Scott Derrickson
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Scott Derrickson is an American film director and screenwriter best known for his work in the horror genre and for directing Marvel's "Doctor Strange."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Scott Derrickson canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9998030 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scott Derrickson Context triple: [Jon Spaihts, coWroteScreenplayWith, Scott Derrickson]
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A.
Mike Flanagan
Mike Flanagan is an American filmmaker and showrunner known for his acclaimed horror films and series, including "Doctor Sleep," "The Haunting of Hill House," and "Midnight Mass."
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B.
Marc Webb
Marc Webb is an American filmmaker best known for directing the superhero movies "The Amazing Spider-Man" and its sequel, as well as the romantic drama "(500) Days of Summer."
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C.
Michael Flanagan
Michael Flanagan is a common personal name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals in fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
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D.
Simon Kinberg
Simon Kinberg is a British-born American screenwriter and producer best known for his extensive work on the X-Men film franchise and other major Hollywood blockbusters.
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E.
Drew Goddard
Drew Goddard is an American screenwriter, director, and producer known for works like "The Martian," "The Cabin in the Woods," and contributions to genre television series such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Daredevil."
- 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: Scott Derrickson Target entity description: Scott Derrickson is an American film director and screenwriter best known for his work in the horror genre and for directing Marvel's "Doctor Strange."
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A.
Mike Flanagan
Mike Flanagan is an American filmmaker and showrunner known for his acclaimed horror films and series, including "Doctor Sleep," "The Haunting of Hill House," and "Midnight Mass."
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B.
Marc Webb
Marc Webb is an American filmmaker best known for directing the superhero movies "The Amazing Spider-Man" and its sequel, as well as the romantic drama "(500) Days of Summer."
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C.
Michael Flanagan
Michael Flanagan is a common personal name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals in fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
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D.
Simon Kinberg
Simon Kinberg is a British-born American screenwriter and producer best known for his extensive work on the X-Men film franchise and other major Hollywood blockbusters.
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E.
Drew Goddard
Drew Goddard is an American screenwriter, director, and producer known for works like "The Martian," "The Cabin in the Woods," and contributions to genre television series such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Daredevil."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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human ⓘ producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1990s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coWrote |
Doctor Strange
NERFINISHED
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Sinister 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Urban Legends: Final Cut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1966-03-16 ⓘ |
| directed |
Deliver Us from Evil
NERFINISHED
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Doctor Strange NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellraiser: Inferno NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinister NERFINISHED ⓘ The Black Phone NERFINISHED ⓘ The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Exorcism of Emily Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Biola University
NERFINISHED
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USC School of Cinematic Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Derrickson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | horror film ⓘ |
| givenName | Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
directing Marvel Studios film Doctor Strange
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horror cinema ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Scott Derrickson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Deliver Us from Evil
NERFINISHED
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Doctor Strange NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinister NERFINISHED ⓘ The Black Phone NERFINISHED ⓘ The Exorcism of Emily Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Denver, Colorado, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| spouse | Joy Derrickson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| twitterUsername | scottderrickson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedOn | Marvel Cinematic Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
Deliver Us from Evil
NERFINISHED
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Hellraiser: Inferno NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinister NERFINISHED ⓘ The Black Phone NERFINISHED ⓘ The Exorcism of Emily Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Scott Derrickson Description of subject: Scott Derrickson is an American film director and screenwriter best known for his work in the horror genre and for directing Marvel's "Doctor Strange."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.