Germaine Dulac
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Germaine Dulac was a pioneering French filmmaker and film theorist of the early 20th century, known for her avant-garde and feminist contributions to cinema.
All labels observed (1)
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| Germaine Dulac canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11333784 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Germaine Dulac Context triple: [Charles de Noailles, associatedWith, Germaine Dulac]
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Arlette Varda
Arlette Varda is the birth name of Agnès Varda, the influential French New Wave film director and artist known for her innovative, feminist, and documentary-style cinema.
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Fernande Olivier
Fernande Olivier was a French artist’s model and memoirist best known as Pablo Picasso’s early muse during his formative Paris years.
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Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, and visual artist known for his influential contributions to 20th-century avant-garde art and cinema.
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D.
Fernande Barrey
Fernande Barrey was a French artist’s model and painter active in early 20th-century Paris, known for her connections to the Montparnasse artistic milieu.
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E.
Kizette de Lempicka
Kizette de Lempicka was the daughter and frequent muse of Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka, appearing in several of her most famous portraits.
- 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: Germaine Dulac Target entity description: Germaine Dulac was a pioneering French filmmaker and film theorist of the early 20th century, known for her avant-garde and feminist contributions to cinema.
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A.
Arlette Varda
Arlette Varda is the birth name of Agnès Varda, the influential French New Wave film director and artist known for her innovative, feminist, and documentary-style cinema.
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B.
Fernande Olivier
Fernande Olivier was a French artist’s model and memoirist best known as Pablo Picasso’s early muse during his formative Paris years.
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C.
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, and visual artist known for his influential contributions to 20th-century avant-garde art and cinema.
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D.
Fernande Barrey
Fernande Barrey was a French artist’s model and painter active in early 20th-century Paris, known for her connections to the Montparnasse artistic milieu.
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E.
Kizette de Lempicka
Kizette de Lempicka was the daughter and frequent muse of Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka, appearing in several of her most famous portraits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French person
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film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ film theorist ⓘ journalist ⓘ person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1940s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1910s ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1882-11-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Amiens, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1942-07-20 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directed |
Gossette
NERFINISHED
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La Cigarette NERFINISHED ⓘ La Coquille et le Clergyman NERFINISHED ⓘ La Mort du soleil NERFINISHED ⓘ La Souriante Madame Beudet NERFINISHED ⓘ L’Invitation au voyage NERFINISHED ⓘ Âme d’artiste NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Dulac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Germaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
experimental filmmakers
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feminist film theory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
experimental narrative techniques
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pioneering feminist cinema ⓘ theoretical writings on cinema ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| movement |
French Impressionist Cinema
NERFINISHED
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avant-garde cinema ⓘ surrealist cinema ⓘ |
| name | Germaine Dulac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gossette
NERFINISHED
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La Cigarette NERFINISHED ⓘ La Coquille et le Clergyman NERFINISHED ⓘ La Mort du soleil NERFINISHED ⓘ La Souriante Madame Beudet NERFINISHED ⓘ L’Invitation au voyage NERFINISHED ⓘ Âme d’artiste NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film theorist ⓘ journalist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| spouse | Albert Dulac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
studies in avant-garde cinema
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studies in feminist film history ⓘ |
| workedAs | theatre critic ⓘ |
| workedFor | La Française NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Germaine Dulac Description of subject: Germaine Dulac was a pioneering French filmmaker and film theorist of the early 20th century, known for her avant-garde and feminist contributions to cinema.
Referenced by (1)
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