Henri Langlois
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Henri Langlois was a pioneering French film archivist and co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française, renowned for his crucial role in preserving world cinema and inspiring the French New Wave.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henri Langlois canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11641452 — 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: Henri Langlois Context triple: [Montparnasse Cemetery, burialPlaceOf, Henri Langlois]
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A.
Raoul Coutard
Raoul Coutard was a renowned French cinematographer closely associated with the French New Wave, known for his innovative, naturalistic visual style in films by directors like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut.
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B.
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Jean-Jacques Beineix was a French film director and key figure of the 1980s "cinéma du look" movement, best known for visually stylish works such as "Diva" and "Betty Blue."
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C.
Jean Eustache
Jean Eustache was a French filmmaker known for his raw, introspective dramas and his influential post–New Wave masterpiece "The Mother and the Whore."
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D.
Gaston Doumergue
Gaston Doumergue was a French Radical politician who served as President of France from 1924 to 1931 and played a key role in the Third Republic’s centrist politics.
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E.
Louis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet was a renowned French actor, director, and theater practitioner, celebrated as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century French cinema and stage.
- 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: Henri Langlois Target entity description: Henri Langlois was a pioneering French film archivist and co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française, renowned for his crucial role in preserving world cinema and inspiring the French New Wave.
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A.
Raoul Coutard
Raoul Coutard was a renowned French cinematographer closely associated with the French New Wave, known for his innovative, naturalistic visual style in films by directors like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut.
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B.
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Jean-Jacques Beineix was a French film director and key figure of the 1980s "cinéma du look" movement, best known for visually stylish works such as "Diva" and "Betty Blue."
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C.
Jean Eustache
Jean Eustache was a French filmmaker known for his raw, introspective dramas and his influential post–New Wave masterpiece "The Mother and the Whore."
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D.
Gaston Doumergue
Gaston Doumergue was a French Radical politician who served as President of France from 1924 to 1931 and played a key role in the Third Republic’s centrist politics.
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E.
Louis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet was a renowned French actor, director, and theater practitioner, celebrated as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century French cinema and stage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French person
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cinema historian ⓘ film archivist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Honorary Award
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linked to:
Honorary Academy Award
Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres ⓘ Legion of Honour ⓘ
linked to:
Légion d'honneur
Venezia Classica award for film preservation (posthumous recognition via institutions) ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Montparnasse Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cardiac arrest ⓘ |
| coFounded | Cinémathèque Française ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1914-11-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1977-01-13 ⓘ |
| employer | Cinémathèque Française ⓘ |
| familyName | Langlois ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
archival science
ⓘ
film history ⓘ film preservation ⓘ |
| founded | Cinémathèque Française ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Henri ⓘ |
| hasPartIn | Langlois Affair ⓘ |
| heritage | French ⓘ |
| influenced |
Claude Chabrol
ⓘ
François Truffaut ⓘ French New Wave directors ⓘ
linked to:
French New Wave
Jean-Luc Godard ⓘ Éric Rohmer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding the Cinémathèque Française
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influencing the French New Wave ⓘ pioneering film preservation ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | Cinémathèque Française ⓘ |
| movement |
French New Wave (as an influence)
ⓘ
linked to:
French New Wave
|
| name | Henri Langlois ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Langlois Affair ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of the Cinémathèque Française film collection ⓘ |
| occupation |
curator
ⓘ
film archivist ⓘ film historian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Izmir
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Ottoman Empire ⓘ Smyrna ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of the Cinémathèque Française ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| workLocation |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Henri Langlois Description of subject: Henri Langlois was a pioneering French film archivist and co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française, renowned for his crucial role in preserving world cinema and inspiring the French New Wave.
Referenced by (6)
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