Eric Red
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Eric Red is an American screenwriter and director best known for his work on cult horror and thriller films such as "Near Dark" and "The Hitcher."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eric Red canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11329901 — 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)
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Target entity: Eric Red Context triple: [Near Dark, writer, Eric Red]
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A.
Michael Cuesta
Michael Cuesta is an American film and television director and producer known for his work on series such as Homeland, Dexter, and Six Feet Under.
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B.
Steven S. DeKnight
Steven S. DeKnight is an American writer, producer, and director best known for his work on genre television series like Spartacus and Marvel's Daredevil, as well as his feature film directing.
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C.
Ken Biller
Ken Biller is a television writer, producer, and director best known for his work on series such as "Star Trek: Voyager" and "Genius."
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D.
James DeMonaco
James DeMonaco is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for creating and writing the dystopian horror franchise "The Purge."
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E.
Jon Hurwitz
Jon Hurwitz is an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known as the co-creator of the Harold & Kumar film series and the Netflix series Cobra Kai.
- 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: Eric Red Target entity description: Eric Red is an American screenwriter and director best known for his work on cult horror and thriller films such as "Near Dark" and "The Hitcher."
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A.
Michael Cuesta
Michael Cuesta is an American film and television director and producer known for his work on series such as Homeland, Dexter, and Six Feet Under.
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B.
Steven S. DeKnight
Steven S. DeKnight is an American writer, producer, and director best known for his work on genre television series like Spartacus and Marvel's Daredevil, as well as his feature film directing.
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C.
Ken Biller
Ken Biller is a television writer, producer, and director best known for his work on series such as "Star Trek: Voyager" and "Genius."
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D.
James DeMonaco
James DeMonaco is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for creating and writing the dystopian horror franchise "The Purge."
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E.
Jon Hurwitz
Jon Hurwitz is an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known as the co-creator of the Harold & Kumar film series and the Netflix series Cobra Kai.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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film producer ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| directed |
100 Feet
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Bad Moon ⓘ Body Parts ⓘ Cohen and Tate ⓘ |
| genre |
horror film
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thriller film ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cult horror films
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cult thriller films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
100 Feet
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Bad Moon ⓘ Body Parts ⓘ Cohen and Tate ⓘ Near Dark ⓘ The Hitcher ⓘ
linked to:
The Hitcher (1986 film)
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| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| wroteScreenplayFor |
Bad Moon
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Blue Steel ⓘ Body Parts ⓘ Cohen and Tate ⓘ Near Dark ⓘ The Hitcher ⓘ
linked to:
The Hitcher (1986 film)
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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: Eric Red Description of subject: Eric Red is an American screenwriter and director best known for his work on cult horror and thriller films such as "Near Dark" and "The Hitcher."
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.