Nina Paley
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Nina Paley is an American animator, cartoonist, and filmmaker best known for her independent animated feature "Sita Sings the Blues" and her distinctive, often satirical visual storytelling style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nina Paley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10392285 — 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: Nina Paley Context triple: [The Prophet (2014 film), segmentDirector, Nina Paley]
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Lisa Yuskavage
Lisa Yuskavage is an American painter known for her provocative, psychologically charged figurative works that blend classical techniques with contemporary, often eroticized imagery.
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Nina Chanel Abney
Nina Chanel Abney is a contemporary American artist known for her bold, colorful, and politically charged paintings that address race, gender, and pop culture through a graphic, collage-like visual language.
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C.
Joan Cohl
Joan Cohl is best known as the wife and partner of Canadian film producer and Toronto International Film Festival co-founder Dusty Cohl.
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D.
Kate Iger
Kate Iger is a daughter of Disney CEO Bob Iger and a member of the Iger family, known primarily for her connection to her father's prominent role in the entertainment industry.
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E.
LisaGay Hamilton
LisaGay Hamilton is an American actress and director best known for her acclaimed work in television, film, and theater, including her role on the legal drama series "The Practice."
- 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: Nina Paley Target entity description: Nina Paley is an American animator, cartoonist, and filmmaker best known for her independent animated feature "Sita Sings the Blues" and her distinctive, often satirical visual storytelling style.
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A.
Lisa Yuskavage
Lisa Yuskavage is an American painter known for her provocative, psychologically charged figurative works that blend classical techniques with contemporary, often eroticized imagery.
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B.
Nina Chanel Abney
Nina Chanel Abney is a contemporary American artist known for her bold, colorful, and politically charged paintings that address race, gender, and pop culture through a graphic, collage-like visual language.
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C.
Joan Cohl
Joan Cohl is best known as the wife and partner of Canadian film producer and Toronto International Film Festival co-founder Dusty Cohl.
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D.
Kate Iger
Kate Iger is a daughter of Disney CEO Bob Iger and a member of the Iger family, known primarily for her connection to her father's prominent role in the entertainment industry.
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E.
LisaGay Hamilton
LisaGay Hamilton is an American actress and director best known for her acclaimed work in television, film, and theater, including her role on the legal drama series "The Practice."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animator
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film director ⓘ human ⓘ independent filmmaker ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| advocates | free distribution of her films ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Annecy Cristal for Best Feature Film (for Sita Sings the Blues)
NERFINISHED
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Berlin International Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize (for Sita Sings the Blues) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gotham Independent Film Award (for Sita Sings the Blues) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| creativeWork |
Fetch! (short film)
NERFINISHED
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Fluff NERFINISHED ⓘ Nina’s Adventures NERFINISHED ⓘ Seder-Masochism NERFINISHED ⓘ Sita Sings the Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Thank You Mask Man (restoration/animation work) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1968-05-03 ⓘ |
| familyName | Paley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
animation
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comics ⓘ independent cinema ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental film
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independent animation ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| givenName | Nina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCreativeWorkType |
animated feature film
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comic strip ⓘ short film ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinctive satirical visual storytelling style
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independent animated feature Sita Sings the Blues ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| licenseUsedForWork | Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
copyleft
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free culture movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Nina Paley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fluff
NERFINISHED
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Nina’s Adventures NERFINISHED ⓘ Sita Sings the Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ The Seder-Masochism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
animator
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cartoonist ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Urbana, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| subjectOf | interviews about copyright and free culture ⓘ |
| website | https://blog.ninapaley.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nina Paley Description of subject: Nina Paley is an American animator, cartoonist, and filmmaker best known for her independent animated feature "Sita Sings the Blues" and her distinctive, often satirical visual storytelling style.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Prophet (2014 film)