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(1968–2000)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the 1997 film, see <a href="/wiki/An_Alan_Smithee_Film:_Burn_Hollywood_Burn" title="An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn">An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn</a>.</div> <p><b>Alan Smithee</b> (also <b>Allen Smithee</b>) is an official <a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">pseudonym</a> used by <a href="/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">film directors</a> who wish to disown a project. Coined by the <a href="/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America" title="Directors Guild of America">Directors Guild of America</a> in 1968 and used until it was largely discontinued in 2000,<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was the sole pseudonym used by DGA members when directors, dissatisfied with the final product, proved to the satisfaction of a guild panel that they had not been able to exercise <a href="/wiki/Artistic_control" title="Artistic control">creative control</a> over a film. The director was also required by guild rules not to discuss the circumstances leading to the move or even to acknowledge being the project's director.<sup id="cite_ref-directedby_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-directedby-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Alan Smithee credit has also been adopted for direction credit disputes in television, music videos and other media. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Smithee&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before 1968, DGA rules did not permit directors to be credited under a pseudonym. This was intended to prevent producers from forcing them upon directors, which would inhibit the development of their résumés.<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The guild also required that the director be credited, in support of the <a href="/wiki/Auteur" title="Auteur">auteur theory</a>, which posits that the director is the primary creative force behind a film.<sup id="cite_ref-directedby_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-directedby-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Smithee pseudonym was created for use on the film <i><a href="/wiki/Death_of_a_Gunfighter" title="Death of a Gunfighter">Death of a Gunfighter</a></i>, released in 1969. During its filming, lead actor <a href="/wiki/Richard_Widmark" title="Richard Widmark">Richard Widmark</a> was unhappy with director <a href="/wiki/Robert_Totten" title="Robert Totten">Robert Totten</a> and arranged to have him replaced by <a href="/wiki/Don_Siegel" title="Don Siegel">Don Siegel</a>. Siegel later estimated that he had spent 9 to 10 days filming, while Totten had spent 25 days. Each had roughly an equal amount of footage in Siegel's final edit, but Siegel made clear that Widmark had effectively been in charge the entire time.<sup id="cite_ref-directedby_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-directedby-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the film was finished, Siegel did not want to take the credit for it and Totten refused to take credit in his place. The DGA panel hearing the dispute agreed that the film did not represent either director's creative vision.<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The original proposal was to credit the fictional "Al Smith", but the name was deemed too common and was already in use within the film industry. The last name was first changed to "Smithe", then "Smithee",<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was thought to be distinctive enough to avoid confusion with similar names but without drawing attention to itself.<sup id="cite_ref-directedby_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-directedby-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Critics praised the film and its "new" director, with <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> commenting that the film was "sharply directed by Allen Smithee who has an adroit facility for scanning faces and extracting sharp background detail,"<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> commenting, "Director Allen Smithee, a name I'm not familiar with, allows his story to unfold naturally."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following its coinage, the pseudonym "Alan Smithee" was applied retroactively to <i><a href="/wiki/Fade_In_(film)" title="Fade In (film)">Fade In</a></i> (also known as <i>Iron Cowboy</i>), a film starring <a href="/wiki/Burt_Reynolds" title="Burt Reynolds">Burt Reynolds</a> and directed by <a href="/wiki/Jud_Taylor" title="Jud Taylor">Jud Taylor</a>, which was first released before the release of <i>Death of a Gunfighter</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taylor also requested the pseudonym for <i><a href="/wiki/City_in_Fear" title="City in Fear">City in Fear</a></i> (1980) with <a href="/wiki/David_Janssen" title="David Janssen">David Janssen</a>. Taylor commented on its use when he received the DGA's <a href="/wiki/Robert_Aldrich" title="Robert Aldrich">Robert B. Aldrich</a> Achievement Award in 2003: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote" style="font-size:100%"><p>I had a couple of problems in my career having to do with <a href="/wiki/Film_editing" title="Film editing">editing</a> and not having the contractually required number of days in the editing room that my agent couldn't resolve. So, I went to the Guild and said, "This is what's going on." The Guild went to bat for me. I got Alan Smithee on them both. It was a signal to the industry from a creative rights point of view that the shows had been tampered with.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The spelling "Alan Smithee" became standard, and the <a href="/wiki/IMDb" title="IMDb">Internet Movie Database</a> lists about two dozen feature films and many more television features and series episodes credited to this name.<sup id="cite_ref-Alan_Smithee_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alan_Smithee-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A persistent urban legend suggests that this particular spelling was chosen because it is an <a href="/wiki/Anagram" title="Anagram">anagram</a> of the phrase "the <a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">alias</a> men", but this is apocryphal. </p><p>Over the years the name and its purpose became more widely known. Some directors violated the embargo on discussing their use of the pseudonym. In 1997, the film <i><a href="/wiki/An_Alan_Smithee_Film:_Burn_Hollywood_Burn" title="An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn">An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn</a></i> was released, in which a man named Alan Smithee (played by <a href="/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle">Eric Idle</a>) wishes to disavow a film he directed, but is unable to do so because the only pseudonym he is permitted to use is his own name. The film was directed by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hiller" title="Arthur Hiller">Arthur Hiller</a>, who reported to the DGA that producer <a href="/wiki/Joe_Eszterhas" title="Joe Eszterhas">Joe Eszterhas</a> had interfered with his creative control. He successfully removed his own name from the film, so Alan Smithee was credited instead. The film was a commercial and critical failure, released in only 19 theaters, grossing only $45,779 in the United States with a budget of about $10 million.<sup id="cite_ref-burnmojo_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burnmojo-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rotten Tomatoes reports an aggregate critical rating of only 8% positive.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film was nominated for eight <a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Awards" title="Golden Raspberry Awards">Golden Raspberry Awards</a> at the following year's ceremony, and won five, including Worst Picture. The harsh negative publicity that surrounded the film drew unwanted mainstream attention to the pseudonym. Following this, the DGA retired the name; for the film <i><a href="/wiki/Supernova_(2000_film)" title="Supernova (2000 film)">Supernova</a></i> (2000), dissatisfied director <a href="/wiki/Walter_Hill" title="Walter Hill">Walter Hill</a> was instead credited as "Thomas Lee",<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Accidental_Love" title="Accidental Love">Accidental Love</a></i> director, David O. Russell, left the product credited to Stephen Greene.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, the name had been used outside of the film industry, and it continues to be used in other media and on film projects not under the purview of the DGA. Although the pseudonym was intended for use by directors, the Internet Movie Database lists several uses as writer credits as well.<sup id="cite_ref-Alan_Smithee_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alan_Smithee-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Variations of the name have also occasionally been used, such as "Alan Smithee and Alana Smithy" (screenwriters for the 2011 film <i><a href="/wiki/Hidden_3D" title="Hidden 3D">Hidden 3D</a></i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uses">Uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Smithee&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historical uses of the "Alan Smithee" credit (or equivalent), in chronological order: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_direction">Film direction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Smithee&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Film direction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Alan_Smithee" title="Special:EditPage/Alan Smithee">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following films credit "Smithee"; the actual director is listed when known. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Film </th> <th>Year </th> <th>Director </th> <th>Notes </th> <th>Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fade_In_(film)" title="Fade In (film)">Fade In</a></i> </td> <td>1968 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jud_Taylor" title="Jud Taylor">Jud Taylor</a> </td> <td>Also called <i>Iron Cowboy</i>; shown in previews with Taylor credited, then shelved; issued in 1975 with "Allen Smithee" credited as director. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Death_of_a_Gunfighter" title="Death of a Gunfighter">Death of a Gunfighter</a></i> </td> <td>1969 </td> <td>Robert Totten and Don Siegel (separately) </td> <td>Credited to "Allen Smithee". </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Barking Dog</i> </td> <td>1978 </td> <td>Unknown </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Gypsy Angels</i> </td> <td>1980 </td> <td>Unknown </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/City_in_Fear" title="City in Fear">City in Fear</a></i> </td> <td>1980 </td> <td>Jud Taylor </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Fun and Games</i> </td> <td>1980 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bogart" title="Paul Bogart">Paul Bogart</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Student_Bodies" title="Student Bodies">Student Bodies</a></i> </td> <td>1981 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Rose" title="Mickey Rose">Mickey Rose</a> </td> <td>Produced by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ritchie_(film_director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Ritchie (film director)">Michael Ritchie</a> under the pseudonym </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Twilight_Zone:_The_Movie" title="Twilight Zone: The Movie">Twilight Zone: The Movie</a></i> </td> <td>1983 </td> <td>Anderson House </td> <td>Second Assistant Director Anderson House used the pseudonym for the first segment, in which actor <a href="/wiki/Vic_Morrow" title="Vic Morrow">Vic Morrow</a> and two children were <a href="/wiki/Twilight_Zone_accident" title="Twilight Zone accident">killed in a helicopter accident</a> during production. This represents a rare instance where the "Alan Smithee" credit was taken by an assistant director. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dune_(1984_film)" title="Dune (1984 film)">Dune</a></i> </td> <td>1984 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Lynch" title="David Lynch">David Lynch</a> </td> <td>Used only for the version as extended and edited for broadcast television. In addition to the "Smithee" directing credit, for the broadcast TV version Lynch's screenwriting credit goes to "Judas Booth" (a reference to <a href="/wiki/Judas_Iscariot" title="Judas Iscariot">Judas Iscariot</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth" title="John Wilkes Booth">John Wilkes Booth</a>). </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Appointment_with_Fear_(film)" title="Appointment with Fear (film)">Appointment with Fear</a></i> </td> <td>1985 </td> <td>Ramsey Thomas </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stitches_(1985_film)" title="Stitches (1985 film)">Stitches</a></i> </td> <td>1985 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rod_Holcomb" title="Rod Holcomb">Rod Holcomb</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Get_Harry" title="Let's Get Harry">Let's Get Harry</a></i> </td> <td>1986 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Rosenberg" title="Stuart Rosenberg">Stuart Rosenberg</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Stewart%27s_Coming_Home" title="Morgan Stewart's Coming Home">Morgan Stewart's Coming Home</a></i> </td> <td>1987 </td> <td>Paul Aaron and Terry Windsor </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_Fever" title="Ghost Fever">Ghost Fever</a></i> </td> <td>1987 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Madden" title="Lee Madden">Lee Madden</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I_Love_N.Y._(1987_film)" title="I Love N.Y. (1987 film)">I Love N.Y.</a></i> </td> <td>1987 </td> <td>Gianni Bozzacchi </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Gunhed_(film)" title="Gunhed (film)">Gunhed</a></i> </td> <td>1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Masato_Harada" title="Masato Harada">Masato Harada</a> </td> <td>Used for the re-edited TV release in the United States </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Catchfire" title="Catchfire">Catchfire</a></i> </td> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Hopper" title="Dennis Hopper">Dennis Hopper</a> </td> <td>Originally released in theaters as Smithee. A subsequent video release under the title <i>Backtrack</i> was Hopper's intended "director's cut", for which he received credit. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shrimp_on_the_Barbie" title="The Shrimp on the Barbie">The Shrimp on the Barbie</a></i> </td> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gottlieb_(director)" title="Michael Gottlieb (director)">Michael Gottlieb</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Solar_Crisis_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Solar Crisis (film)">Solar Crisis</a></i> </td> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_C._Sarafian" title="Richard C. Sarafian">Richard C. Sarafian</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian_(1990_film)" title="The Guardian (1990 film)">The Guardian</a></i> </td> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Friedkin" title="William Friedkin">William Friedkin</a> </td> <td>Credited to "Alan Von Smithee" only for the version as edited for cable television </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh</i> </td> <td>1991 </td> <td>Dean Tschetter </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Nutt_House_(film)" title="The Nutt House (film)">The Nutt House</a></i> </td> <td>1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adam_Rifkin" title="Adam Rifkin">Adam Rifkin</a> </td> <td>Used by writers <a href="/wiki/Scott_Spiegel" title="Scott Spiegel">Scott Spiegel</a> (as Peter Perkinson), <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Campbell" title="Bruce Campbell">Bruce Campbell</a> (as R.O.C. Sandstorm), <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Raimi" title="Ivan Raimi">Ivan Raimi</a> (as Alan Smithee Sr.), and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Raimi" title="Sam Raimi">Sam Raimi</a> (as Alan Smithee Jr.) </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Scent_of_a_Woman_(1992_film)" title="Scent of a Woman (1992 film)">Scent of a Woman</a></i> </td> <td>1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Brest" title="Martin Brest">Martin Brest</a> </td> <td>Used for the version edited for <a href="/wiki/Airline" title="Airline">in-flight</a> viewing </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Maniac_Cop_III:_Badge_of_Silence" title="Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence">Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence</a></i> </td> <td>1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Lustig" title="William Lustig">William Lustig</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rudy_(film)" title="Rudy (film)">Rudy</a></i> </td> <td>1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Anspaugh" title="David Anspaugh">David Anspaugh</a> </td> <td>Used for the re-edited TV release </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Birds_II:_Land%27s_End" title="The Birds II: Land's End">The Birds II: Land's End</a></i> </td> <td>1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rick_Rosenthal" title="Rick Rosenthal">Rick Rosenthal</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Journey Inside</i> </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>Barnaby Jackson </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/National_Lampoon%27s_Senior_Trip" title="National Lampoon's Senior Trip">National Lampoon's Senior Trip</a></i> </td> <td>1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Makin" title="Kelly Makin">Kelly Makin</a> </td> <td>Alan Smithee is credited onscreen as the director of a pornographic video featured briefly in the film, "Forrest Humps" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Raging Angels</i> </td> <td>1995 </td> <td>Unknown </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Smoke n Lightnin</i> </td> <td>1995 </td> <td>Unknown </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Heat_(1995_film)" title="Heat (1995 film)">Heat</a></i> </td> <td>1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Mann" title="Michael Mann">Michael Mann</a> </td> <td>Used for the re-edited TV release </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hellraiser:_Bloodline" title="Hellraiser: Bloodline">Hellraiser: Bloodline</a></i> </td> <td>1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Yagher" title="Kevin Yagher">Kevin Yagher</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Exit</i> </td> <td>1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ric_Roman_Waugh" title="Ric Roman Waugh">Ric Roman Waugh</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Dilemma</i> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td>Eric Larsen and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Louzil" title="Eric Louzil">Eric Louzil</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Le Zombi de Cap-Rouge</i> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td>Simon Robideaux </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Sub Down</i> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Champion" title="Gregg Champion">Gregg Champion</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/An_Alan_Smithee_Film:_Burn_Hollywood_Burn" title="An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn">An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn</a></i> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hiller" title="Arthur Hiller">Arthur Hiller</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Picture of Priority</i> </td> <td>1998 </td> <td>Unknown </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Meet_Joe_Black" title="Meet Joe Black">Meet Joe Black</a></i> </td> <td>1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Brest" title="Martin Brest">Martin Brest</a> </td> <td>Used for the version edited for <a href="/wiki/Airline" title="Airline">in-flight</a> viewing and cable television </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wadd:_The_Life_%26_Times_of_John_C._Holmes" title="Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes">Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes</a></i> </td> <td>1998 </td> <td>Cass Paley </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Coroner</i> </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>Brian Katkin and Juan A. Mas </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Insider_(film)" title="The Insider (film)">The Insider</a></i> </td> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Mann" title="Michael Mann">Michael Mann</a> </td> <td>Used for the version edited for television </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/River_Made_to_Drown_In" title="River Made to Drown In">River Made to Drown In</a></i> </td> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Merendino" title="James Merendino">James Merendino</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Woman_Wanted" title="Woman Wanted">Woman Wanted</a></i> </td> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kiefer_Sutherland" title="Kiefer Sutherland">Kiefer Sutherland</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Disciples</i> </td> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Wong" title="Kirk Wong">Kirk Wong</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>In the Wrong Hands</i> </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>Chris Johnston and James A. Seale </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Fugitives Run</i> </td> <td>2003 </td> <td>Philip Spink </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Eep!</i> (Dutch: <i>Iep!</i>) </td> <td>2010 </td> <td>Rita Horst </td> <td>Credited as <i>Ellen Smith</i>, the only time a Dutch director asked for this credit. <i>Ellen</i> is a Dutch name that is pronounced similarly to <i>Alan.</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Old_37" title="Old 37">Old 37</a></i> </td> <td>2015 </td> <td>Christian Winters </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Anatar</i> </td> <td>2023 </td> <td>Lorenzo Dante Zanoni </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_direction">Television direction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Smithee&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Television direction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Alan_Smithee" title="Special:EditPage/Alan Smithee">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Challenge_(1970_film)" title="The Challenge (1970 film)">The Challenge</a></i> (1970) initiated by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Sargent" title="Joseph Sargent">Joseph Sargent</a>, finished by George McCowen (credited on screen as Allen Smithee)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mrs._Columbo" title="Mrs. Columbo">Kate Loves a Mystery</a></i>, "Love, on Instant Replay", directed by E. Arthur Kean.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1985_TV_series)" title="The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)"><i>The Twilight Zone</i> (1985)</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Paladin_of_the_Lost_Hour" title="Paladin of the Lost Hour">Paladin of the Lost Hour</a>" (1985), directed by <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Cates" title="Gilbert Cates">Gilbert Cates</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tiny_Toon_Adventures" title="Tiny Toon Adventures">Tiny Toon Adventures</a></i> had episode segments that were credited to "Alan Smithee"; 1990 segments "Pit Bullied" and "Duck in the Muck" were actually directed by Art Leonardi.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Nero_Wolfe_Mystery" class="mw-redirect" title="A Nero Wolfe Mystery">A Nero Wolfe Mystery</a></i>, "<a href="/wiki/The_Mother_Hunt#A_Nero_Wolfe_Mystery_(A&E_Network)" title="The Mother Hunt">Motherhunt</a>" (May 12 and 19, 2002), the fifth episode of the second season, with <a href="/wiki/Charles_B._Wessler" title="Charles B. Wessler">Charles B. Wessler</a> believed to be debuting as director.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Call of the Wild</i>, 1993 CBS TV movie directed by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Toshiyuki_Uno" title="Michael Toshiyuki Uno">Michael Toshiyuki Uno</a>, starring <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Schroder" title="Ricky Schroder">Rick Schroder</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Dalton: Code of Vengeance II</i>, the second television movie (May 11, 1986) in the <i><a href="/wiki/Code_of_Vengeance" title="Code of Vengeance">Code of Vengeance</a></i> series, actually a mashup of two episodes of a failed series</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cosby_Show" title="The Cosby Show">The Cosby Show</a></i>, "You Can't Stop the Music", episode 22 of season 8 (1992), director unknown</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Academic_(Australian_game_show)" title="It's Academic (Australian game show)">It's Academic</a></i> (June 19, 2006); this episode had numerous credits attributed to Smithee.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Karen%27s_Song" title="Karen's Song">Karen's Song</a></i>, first episode.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Red_Shoe_Diaries" title="Red Shoe Diaries">Red Shoe Diaries</a></i>, "Accidents Happen", episode 9 of season 1 (1993), directed by <a href="/wiki/Mary_Lambert_(director)" title="Mary Lambert (director)">Mary Lambert</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La_Femme_Nikita_(TV_series)" title="La Femme Nikita (TV series)">La Femme Nikita</a></i>, "Catch a Falling Star", episode 16 of season 4 of Canadian television series, believed to be directed by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Scanlan" title="Joseph L. Scanlan">Joseph L. Scanlan</a>.</li> <li><i>Riviera</i>, 1987 ABC TV movie intended as pilot, directed by <a href="/wiki/John_Frankenheimer" title="John Frankenheimer">John Frankenheimer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MacGyver_(1985_TV_series)" title="MacGyver (1985 TV series)">MacGyver</a></i>, "Pilot", directed by Jerrold Freedman,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "The Heist", director unknown (1985).<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Moonlight</i>, TV movie and pilot for an unsold series (1982) (not to be confused with the later CBS vampire series), directed by <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Cooper" title="Jackie Cooper">Jackie Cooper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rod_Holcomb" title="Rod Holcomb">Rod Holcomb</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_O._J._Simpson_Story" title="The O. J. Simpson Story">The O. J. Simpson Story</a></i>, 1995 television movie directed by Jerrold Freedman.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Owl_(1991_film)" title="The Owl (1991 film)">The Owl</a></i>, 1991 television film credited to director <a href="/wiki/Tom_Holland_(filmmaker)" title="Tom Holland (filmmaker)">Tom Holland</a> when originally broadcast. Holland approved of the 46-minute television cut but disliked the extended 84-minute home video cut and credited it to "Alan Smithee".<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Last_Exile" title="Last Exile">Last Exile</a></i>, episode 21, animation director unknown.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eiken_(manga)" title="Eiken (manga)">Eiken</a></i>, second episode, director unknown</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gunslinger_Stratos:_The_Animation" title="Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation">Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation</a></i>, first episode, assistant animation director unknown.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joker_Game" title="Joker Game">Joker Game</a></i>, second episode, director unknown.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/KonoSuba#Anime_series" title="KonoSuba">KonoSuba</a></i>, episodes 4 and 9 (season 1), storyboard artist unknown.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/McClain%27s_Law" title="McClain's Law">McClain's Law</a></i>, "Requiem for a Narc", director unknown.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Frankie_Drake_Mysteries" title="Frankie Drake Mysteries">Frankie Drake Mysteries</a></i>, episode 8 "The Pilot", director <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Hope" title="Leslie Hope">Leslie Hope</a> as Alanis Smithee.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tamayomi" title="Tamayomi">Tamayomi</a></i>, episodes 6 and 11, director unknown.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_video_direction">Music video direction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Smithee&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Music video direction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Alan_Smithee" title="Special:EditPage/Alan Smithee">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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Toni! Toné! song)">Let's Get Down</a>" — <a href="/wiki/Tony!_Toni!_Ton%C3%A9!" title="Tony! Toni! Toné!">Tony! Toni! Toné!</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/DJ_Quik" title="DJ Quik">DJ Quik</a> (1996), directed by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Kahn_(director)" title="Joseph Kahn (director)">Joseph Kahn</a> (often credited as "J. Whiskey")</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Building_a_Mystery" title="Building a Mystery">Building a Mystery</a>" — <a href="/wiki/Sarah_McLachlan" title="Sarah McLachlan">Sarah McLachlan</a> (1997), directed by <a href="/wiki/Matt_Mahurin" title="Matt Mahurin">Matt Mahurin</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Want_to_Wait" title="I Don't Want to Wait">I Don't Want to Wait</a>" — <a href="/wiki/Paula_Cole" title="Paula Cole">Paula Cole</a> (1997), directed by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Seliger" title="Mark Seliger">Mark Seliger</a> and Fred Woodward</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/So_Help_Me_Girl" title="So Help Me Girl">So Help Me Girl</a>" (US version) — <a href="/wiki/Gary_Barlow" title="Gary Barlow">Gary Barlow</a> (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hard_Charger" title="Hard Charger">Hard Charger</a>" — <a href="/wiki/Porno_for_Pyros" title="Porno for Pyros">Porno for Pyros</a> (1997), directed by <a href="/wiki/Liz_Friedlander" title="Liz Friedlander">Liz Friedlander</a> and Geoff Nelson</li> <li>"<a 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href="/wiki/Floria_Sigismondi" title="Floria Sigismondi">Floria Sigismondi</a></li> <li>"Reunited" — <a href="/wiki/Wu-Tang_Clan" title="Wu-Tang Clan">Wu-Tang Clan</a> (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Waiting_for_Tonight" title="Waiting for Tonight">Waiting for Tonight</a>" — <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Lopez" title="Jennifer Lopez">Jennifer Lopez</a> (1999), directed by <a href="/wiki/Francis_Lawrence" title="Francis Lawrence">Francis Lawrence</a></li> <li>"The Future Is X-Rated" — <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Good_Band" title="Matthew Good Band">Matthew Good Band</a> (1999), directed by <a href="/wiki/William_Morrison_(director)" title="William Morrison (director)">William Morrison</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Good" title="Matthew Good">Matthew Good</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Maria_(Blondie_song)" title="Maria (Blondie song)">Maria</a>" — <a href="/wiki/Blondie_(band)" title="Blondie (band)">Blondie</a> (1999), directed by Roman Coppola</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Late_Goodbye" title="Late Goodbye">Late Goodbye</a>" — <a href="/wiki/Poets_of_the_Fall" title="Poets of the Fall">Poets of the Fall</a> (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Some_Kind_of_Monster_(song)" title="Some Kind of Monster (song)">Some Kind of Monster</a>" — <a href="/wiki/Metallica" title="Metallica">Metallica</a> (2004), directed by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Berlinger_and_Bruce_Sinofsky" title="Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky">Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lose_My_Breath" title="Lose My Breath">Lose My Breath</a>" — <a href="/wiki/Destiny%27s_Child" title="Destiny's Child">Destiny's Child</a> (2005), directed by <a href="/wiki/Marc_Klasfeld" title="Marc Klasfeld">Marc Klasfeld</a></li> <li>"Death in Midsummer" — <a href="/wiki/Deerhunter" title="Deerhunter">Deerhunter</a> (2018), directed by <a href="/wiki/Bradford_Cox" title="Bradford Cox">Bradford Cox</a> and Marisa Gesualdi</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_media">Other media</h3><span 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G. Chichester">D. G. Chichester</a> learned during a brief break from the series that he was to be replaced; for the five issues he was obligated to write he demanded an Alan Smithee credit.</li> <li><i>Team X 2000</i>, a one-shot comic published by Marvel Comics, is credited to two writers. One being Sean Ruffner, the other being credited as "A. Smithee," is also believed to be D.G. Chichester.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strontium_Dog" title="Strontium Dog">Strontium Dog</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/2000_AD_(comics)" title="2000 AD (comics)">2000AD</a> comic strip: In 1996, writer <a href="/wiki/Peter_Hogan" title="Peter Hogan">Peter Hogan</a> was dropped from the series and his episodes rewritten, and demanded that his name be removed from the credits.</li> <li><i>Marine Sharpshooter 4</i>, a <a href="/wiki/First-person_shooter" title="First-person shooter">first-person shooter</a> game, had Alan Smithee listed as the Art Director.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Alan Smithee was credited as the director and included in the title of three <a href="/wiki/Pornographic_film" title="Pornographic film">adult movies</a> in the early 2000s.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A comical teaser for the video game <i><a href="/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid_4:_Guns_of_the_Patriots" title="Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots">Metal Gear Solid 4</a></i> shown at E3 2005 has a director's chair labeled "Alan Smithee" as the director of the name before falls off, being replaced by co-writer Shuyo Murata's name as Murata sits on the chair. The chair was ultimately changed again to display <a href="/wiki/Hideo_Kojima" title="Hideo Kojima">Hideo Kojima</a>'s name as Solid Snake sits on it however. This is a reference to Kojima's negative attitude towards directing the series and how he felt he had to keep directing it in spite of this. <sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the loose-leaf 1990's run of <i><a href="/wiki/Who%27s_Who_in_the_DC_Universe" title="Who's Who in the DC Universe">Who's Who in the DC Universe</a></i>, the art for <a href="/wiki/Elasti-Girl" title="Elasti-Girl">Elasti-Girl</a> is partially credited to Alan Smithee.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Equinox_(1993_video_game)" title="Equinox (1993 video game)">Equinox</a></i>, a video game released by <a href="/wiki/Sony_Imagesoft" title="Sony Imagesoft">Sony Imagesoft</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System" title="Super Nintendo Entertainment System">Super Nintendo Entertainment System</a> in 1993, credits Alan Smithee as director.</li> <li>The series premiere of <i><a href="/wiki/Anatole_(TV_series)" title="Anatole (TV series)">Anatole</a></i>, "Anatole's Parisian Adventure", credits Alan Smithee as the writer.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NHL_Hitz_2003" title="NHL Hitz 2003">NHL Hitz 2003</a></i>, a 2002 video game released by <a href="/wiki/Midway_Games" title="Midway Games">Midway</a> for the <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_2" title="PlayStation 2">PlayStation 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xbox" title="Xbox">Xbox</a> and <a href="/wiki/GameCube" title="GameCube">GameCube</a>, credits Alan Smithee as the color commentator.</li> <li>2007 Issue of Inside Tennis magazine in place of the usual Art Director spot of the masthead.</li> <li>In the making-of documentary about the production and release of <i><a href="/wiki/12_Monkeys" title="12 Monkeys">12 Monkeys</a></i>, director <a href="/wiki/Terry_Gilliam" title="Terry Gilliam">Terry Gilliam</a> draws a <a href="/wiki/Doodle" title="Doodle">doodle</a> illustrating his frustration at unexpectedly poor <a href="/wiki/Test_screening" title="Test screening">test screening</a> surveys, then decides the drawing is not up to his usual standards and so signs it 'Alan Smithee', explaining the history of the name as he does so.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the game <i><a href="/wiki/Fire_Emblem_Heroes" title="Fire Emblem Heroes">Fire Emblem Heroes</a></i>, the artist for the Mythic Hero Elimine is credited as "Alan Smithee".</li> <li><i>The Elusive David Agnew</i>, a mockumentary included as a bonus feature on the DVD release of the <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> serial <i><a href="/wiki/The_Invasion_of_Time" title="The Invasion of Time">The Invasion of Time</a></i>, is credited as having been directed by "Allen Smithee".<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This use of the pseudonym is in reference to "David Agnew" itself being a pseudonym under which <i>Doctor Who</i> producer <a href="/wiki/Graham_Williams_(television_producer)" title="Graham Williams (television producer)">Graham Williams</a> and script editor <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Read" title="Anthony Read">Anthony Read</a> were credited for their writing work on <i>The Invasion of Time</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_pseudonyms">Other pseudonyms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Smithee&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other pseudonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>In several <a href="/wiki/BBC_television_drama" title="BBC television drama">BBC television drama</a> programmes in the 1970s, writers used the pseudonym "<b><a href="/wiki/David_Agnew" title="David Agnew">David Agnew</a></b>", for reasons similar to the Smithee name.</li> <li>The 1976 <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> serial <i><a href="/wiki/The_Brain_of_Morbius" title="The Brain of Morbius">The Brain of Morbius</a></i> was credited to writer "<b>Robin Bland</b>". After <a href="/wiki/Terrance_Dicks" title="Terrance Dicks">Terrance Dicks</a>' original script was heavily rewritten by script editor <a href="/wiki/Robert_Holmes_(scriptwriter)" title="Robert Holmes (scriptwriter)">Robert Holmes</a>, Dicks demanded that his name be removed and credit be given to a "bland pseudonym".</li> <li>The 1977 TV series <a href="/wiki/Logan%27s_Run_(TV_series)" title="Logan's Run (TV series)"><i>Logan's Run</i></a> was so heavily rewritten, screenwriter <a href="/wiki/David_Gerrold" title="David Gerrold">David Gerrold</a> was credited as "<b>Noah Ward</b>", sounding like "no award".<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/City_Heat" title="City Heat">City Heat</a></i> (1984) as originally released in theaters, fired director <a href="/wiki/Blake_Edwards" title="Blake Edwards">Blake Edwards</a> had his screenwriting credit changed to "<b>Sam O. Brown</b>" (a nod to another of his films, <i><a href="/wiki/S.O.B._(film)" title="S.O.B. (film)">S.O.B.</a></i>).</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Solar_Crisis_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Solar Crisis (film)">Solar Crisis</a></i> (1990) credited Tedi Sarafian, the son of the <a href="/wiki/Richard_C._Sarafian" title="Richard C. Sarafian">director</a> (himself credited as "Alan Smithee") and one of the writers, as "<b>Crispan Bolt</b>".<sup id="cite_ref-tvg_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvg-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Showgirls" title="Showgirls">Showgirls</a></i> (1995) as edited for television, directed by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Verhoeven" title="Paul Verhoeven">Paul Verhoeven</a> (who used the pseudonym "<b>Jan Jensen</b>", instead of "Smithee"). However, the edited, R-rated version of <i>Showgirls</i> that was prepared for release at <a href="/wiki/Blockbuster_LLC" class="mw-redirect" title="Blockbuster LLC">Blockbuster</a> was supervised and authorized by Verhoeven, and this version carries the director's name.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Highball_(film)" title="Highball (film)">Highball</a></i> (1997), after a falling-out with the film's producer left it released in an unfinished state, <a href="/wiki/Noah_Baumbach" title="Noah Baumbach">Noah Baumbach</a> had his directing credit changed to "<b>Ernie Fusco</b>" and his writing credit changed to "<b>Jesse Carter</b>".</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Supernova_(2000_film)" title="Supernova (2000 film)">Supernova</a></i> (2000), dissatisfied director <a href="/wiki/Walter_Hill" title="Walter Hill">Walter Hill</a> was credited as "<b>Thomas Lee</b>".</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Accidental_Love" title="Accidental Love">Accidental Love</a></i> (2015) originally filmed in 2008, director <a href="/wiki/David_O._Russell" title="David O. Russell">David O. Russell</a> left the film in 2010, later disowning it while the directing credit was changed to "<b>Stephen Greene</b>".</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Exposed_(2016_film)" title="Exposed (2016 film)">Exposed</a></i> (2016): during the editing process <a href="/wiki/Lionsgate" class="mw-redirect" title="Lionsgate">Lionsgate</a> changed the story's focus. <a href="/wiki/Gee_Malik_Linton" title="Gee Malik Linton">Gee Malik Linton</a> is the director of the film, but is listed under the pseudonym of "<b>Declan Dale</b>".</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Smithee&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 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