Josh Safdie
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Josh Safdie is an American filmmaker best known for co-directing gritty, anxiety-inducing independent films such as "Good Time" and "Uncut Gems" with his brother Benny Safdie.
All labels observed (1)
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| Josh Safdie canonical | 20 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11446936 — 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: Josh Safdie Context triple: [Good Time, director, Josh Safdie]
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A.
Benny Safdie
Benny Safdie is an American filmmaker and actor best known as one half of the Safdie brothers, the directing duo behind intense, critically acclaimed films like "Good Time" and "Uncut Gems."
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B.
Sean Baker
Sean Baker is an American filmmaker known for his naturalistic, character-driven independent films that often focus on marginalized communities, including the critically acclaimed drama "The Florida Project."
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C.
Sean Durkin
Sean Durkin is a British-Canadian filmmaker best known for writing and directing the psychological drama "Martha Marcy May Marlene" and for his work on character-driven, atmospheric films and television.
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D.
Meredith Mickelson Safdie
Meredith Mickelson Safdie is an American fashion model and social media personality who is married to filmmaker and actor Benny Safdie.
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E.
Lawrence Holofcener
Lawrence Holofcener was an American-British actor, playwright, lyricist, and sculptor best known for his public sculptures, including the famous "Allies" statue of Churchill and Roosevelt in London.
- 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: Josh Safdie Target entity description: Josh Safdie is an American filmmaker best known for co-directing gritty, anxiety-inducing independent films such as "Good Time" and "Uncut Gems" with his brother Benny Safdie.
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A.
Benny Safdie
Benny Safdie is an American filmmaker and actor best known as one half of the Safdie brothers, the directing duo behind intense, critically acclaimed films like "Good Time" and "Uncut Gems."
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B.
Sean Baker
Sean Baker is an American filmmaker known for his naturalistic, character-driven independent films that often focus on marginalized communities, including the critically acclaimed drama "The Florida Project."
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C.
Sean Durkin
Sean Durkin is a British-Canadian filmmaker best known for writing and directing the psychological drama "Martha Marcy May Marlene" and for his work on character-driven, atmospheric films and television.
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D.
Meredith Mickelson Safdie
Meredith Mickelson Safdie is an American fashion model and social media personality who is married to filmmaker and actor Benny Safdie.
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E.
Lawrence Holofcener
Lawrence Holofcener was an American-British actor, playwright, lyricist, and sculptor best known for his public sculptures, including the famous "Allies" statue of Churchill and Roosevelt in London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| coDirectorWith | Benny Safdie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounded | Elara Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1984-04-03 ⓘ |
| directed |
Daddy Longlegs
NERFINISHED
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Good Time NERFINISHED ⓘ Heaven Knows What NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pleasure of Being Robbed NERFINISHED ⓘ Uncut Gems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Boston University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Safdie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film production
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filmmaking ⓘ screenwriting ⓘ |
| fullName | Joshua Safdie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime thriller film
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independent film ⓘ |
| givenName | Joshua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableCollaboration |
Adam Sandler
NERFINISHED
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Robert Pattinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Daddy Longlegs
NERFINISHED
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Good Time NERFINISHED ⓘ Heaven Knows What NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pleasure of Being Robbed NERFINISHED ⓘ Uncut Gems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sibling | Benny Safdie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
anxiety-inducing narratives
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gritty realism ⓘ |
| wrote |
Daddy Longlegs
NERFINISHED
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Good Time NERFINISHED ⓘ Heaven Knows What NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pleasure of Being Robbed NERFINISHED ⓘ Uncut Gems 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: Josh Safdie Description of subject: Josh Safdie is an American filmmaker best known for co-directing gritty, anxiety-inducing independent films such as "Good Time" and "Uncut Gems" with his brother Benny Safdie.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.