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Alan Smithee

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'Alan Smithee' is a common pseudonym for directors whose film was clearly taken away from her/him and recut heavily against her/his wishes in ways that completely altered the film. The Directors Guild contract generally does not permit a director to remove her/his name from films. The Directors Guild has been striving for decades to establish the director as the "author" of a film... See full bio »

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2011 Another Night of the Living Dead
 
2011 The Arsebook Movie (short)
 
2010 Tom Toal: On the Scrapheap (documentary)
 
2010 Wurm (short)
 
2010 Neowolf (video) (really Yvan Gauthier)
 
2008 Beach Cops (short)
 
2008 The Elusive David Agnew (video documentary short)
 
2008 Winesburg, Ohio
 
2008 V.C.R. (short)
 
2008 Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down? (video short)
 
2005 Living Better with Steve Spitz (TV series)
– Episode #1.15 (2005)
– Episode #1.14 (2005)
– Episode #1.13 (2005)
– Episode #1.12 (2005)
– Episode #1.11 (2005)
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2005 Ginban Kaleidoscope (TV series)
– Shinderera (2005) (as Alan Smi Thee)
 
2005 Fugitives Run (really Philip Spink)
 
2005 Street Walkers 3 (video)
 
2004 Alan Smithee Presents 'The Andy Griffith Show' (video)
 
2004 Team Spirit (TV documentary)
 
2003 Here Comes Santa Claus (short)
 
2002 A Nero Wolfe Mystery (TV series)
– Motherhunt: Part 2 (2002) (really Charles B. Wessler)
– Motherhunt: Part 1 (2002) (really Charles B. Wessler)
 
2002 In the Wrong Hands (really Chris Johnston & James A. Seale)
 
2000 The Disciples (TV movie) (really Kirk Wong)
 
2000 Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits (video documentary) (video "I Will Always Love You")
 
1999 Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes (documentary) (really Wesley Emerson)
 
1999 Woman Wanted (really Kiefer Sutherland)
 
1999 Soul's Ark (video)
 
1999 The Coroner
 
1997 Firehouse (TV movie)
 
1997 Le zombi de Cap-Rouge (really Simon Robideaux)
 
1997 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (really Arthur Hiller)
 
1997 River Made to Drown In (really James Merendino)
 
1997 Dilemma
 
1996 Exit (video) (really Ric Roman Waugh)
 
1996 Hellraiser: Bloodline (really Kevin Yagher)
 
1995 Raging Angels
 
1995 The O.J. Simpson Story (TV movie) (really Jerrold Freedman)
 
1995 Shim Sham Shimmy (video short)
 
1995 Smoke n Lightnin (really Mike Kirton)
 
1994 While Justice Sleeps (TV movie) (really Ivan Passer)
 
1994 The Birds II: Land's End (TV movie) (really Rick Rosenthal)
 
1993 Call of the Wild (TV movie) (really Michael Uno)
 
1992 The Cosby Show (TV series)
– You Can't Stop the Music (1992)
 
1992 Bay City Story (TV movie)
 
1992 Red Shoe Diaries (TV series)
– Accidents Happen (1992)
 
1991 The Owl (TV movie)
 
1991 Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh (really Dean Tschetter)
 
1990 Tiny Toon Adventures (TV series)
– Strange Tales of Weird Science (1990) (segments "Pit Bullied" and "Duck in the Muck" / really Art Leonardi)
 
1990 Fatal Charm (video) (really Fritz Kiersch)
 
1990 The Shrimp on the Barbie (really Michael Gottlieb)
 
1990 Solar Crisis (really Richard C. Sarafian)
 
1990 Catchfire (really Dennis Hopper)
 
1989 Ganheddo (really Masato Harada / US version)
 
1987 Karen's Song (TV series)
– Take Me Out to the Ballgame (1987) (as Allen Smithee)
 
1987 Riviera (TV movie) (really John Frankenheimer)
 
1987 I Love N.Y. (really Gianni Bozzacchi)
 
1987 Ghost Fever (really Lee Madden)
 
1987 Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (really Paul Aaron and Terry Windsor)
 
1986 Let's Get Harry (really Stuart Rosenberg)
 
1986 Code of Vengeance (TV series)
– Code of Vengeance II (1986)
 
1986 Dalton: Code of Vengeance II (TV movie)
 
1985 Stitches (really Rod Holcomb)
 
1985 The Twilight Zone (TV series)
– Teacher's Aide/Paladin of the Lost Hour (1985) (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour" / really Gilbert Cates)
 
1985 MacGyver (TV series)
– The Heist (1985)
– Pilot (1985)
 
1985 Appointment with Fear (really Ramzi Thomas)
 
1985 Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (TV movie)
 
1984 Paper Dolls (TV series)
– Episode #1.4 (1984)
– Episode #1.2 (1984)
 
1982 Moonlight (TV movie) (really Jackie Cooper and Rod Holcomb)
 
1981 McClain's Law (TV series)
– Requiem for a Narc (1981)
 
1980 Fun and Games (TV movie) (really Paul Bogart)
 
1980 City in Fear (TV movie) (really Jud Taylor)
 
1980 Mrs. Columbo (TV series)
– Love, on Instant Replay (1980) (really E. Arthur Kean)
 
1980 Gypsy Angels
 
1978 The Barking Dog
 
1970 The Challenge (TV movie) (really George McCowan)
 
1969 Death of a Gunfighter (really Don Siegel & Robert Totten / as Allen Smithee)
 
1968 Fade-In (TV movie) (really Jud Taylor)
 
1965 The 1965 Parade of Homes (TV documentary)
 
1955 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
– The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis (1955)
 
1955 The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis (TV short) (unconfirmed)
 
Show ShowWriter (17 titles)
2011 Another Night of the Living Dead
 
2009 Match.Dead (screenplay)
 
2009 Road to Santiago (based on an idea by / as Alain Smithee)
 
2008 Winesburg, Ohio
 
2005 Apetito desesperado (short)
 
2005 Snowed (short)
 
2003 De grønne slagtere - en virkelig god marinade (TV documentary short)
 
2003 Waterloo (short) (written by)
 
2002 An Enraged New World
 
2001 Frontline (TV series documentary)
– The Monster That Ate Hollywood (2001) (writer)
 
2000 The Tony Blair Witch Project
 
2000 The Frozen Inferno (video short)
 
1992 The Nutt House (really Ivan Raimi and Sam Raimi)
 
1990 Q & A (screenplay / on television prints)
 
1989 Ganheddo (really Masato Harada / US version)
 
1989 The Horror Show (written by / really Allyn Warner)
 
1987 I Love N.Y. (really Gianni Bozzacchi)
 
Show ShowActor (10 titles)
2013 Tales from Morningview Cemetery (post-production)
Satan (Narration)
 
2012 The House of the Wicked (short)
Nicky
 
2010 Sasha
Der Gleichgültige
 
2007 Eternal Sonata (Video Game)
Additional Voices (voice: English version)
 
2000 2 G's & a Key (video)
Warren
 
2000 Space Travelers
Carl (voice: English version) (as Allan Smithee)
 
1999 Alien Blood
MIB soldier
 
1995 Destination Vegas
Cop #3
 
1993 Flynn
Man in Black
 
1989 Blades
Engineer
 
Show ShowEditor (9 titles)
2012 Mañana serà otro dìa (short) (edited by)
 
2012 Be Careful (short)
 
2012 Up or Down? (short) (edited by)
 
2011 Engage (short)
 
2010 The Light Path (short)
 
2008 Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down? (video short)
 
2002 Optimistic (short)
 
1994 Killing Mom
 
1992 Elenya
 
Show ShowProducer (6 titles)
2013 Deadpool: The Webseries (TV series) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
– A Nightmare on Pool Street (2013) (executive producer)
– Curse You Gingerbread Man! (2013) (executive producer)
 
2011 Heritage Minute: Canada Gay Marriage (short) (producer)
 
2011 Another Night of the Living Dead (producer)
 
2008 Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down? (video short) (producer)
 
2004 Alan Smithee Presents 'The Andy Griffith Show' (video) (executive producer)
 
1999 Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes (documentary) (co-producer - as Alan Smithee Jr.: video version / really Christopher Rowland)
 
Show ShowSound Department (6 titles)
2011 The Wicked (short) (sound editor)
 
2010 The Light Path (short) (sound editor)
 
2008 Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down? (video short) (sound editor)
 
2007 Stripper Academy (video) (sound mixer)
 
2006 Rain (boom operator)
 
1991 And It Wasn't a Dream (TV documentary) (sound)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (3 titles)
Show ShowArt Department (2 titles)
2011 Waschgang (short) (set designer)
 
2008 Plus belle la vie (TV series) (art director: post production - 1 episode)
– 3ème Prime (2008) (art director: post production)
 
Show ShowVisual Effects (2 titles)
2011 The Dream Salesman (short) (digital effects)
 
2008 Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down? (video short) (digital effects)
 
Show ShowArt Director (2 titles)
2008 Plus belle la vie (TV series)
– 3ème Prime (2008)
 
2003 Shanti (short)
 
Show ShowAnimation Department (2 titles)
2007 Sola (TV series) (animation director - 1 episode)
– Sora (2007) (animation director - as Sumishii Aran)
 
1997 Overshadowed (short) (cel painter)
 
2000 Banco (short) (first assistant director)
 
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie (second assistant director - segment 1 / really Anderson G. House)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2011 From Fiction to Fact (short) (production assistant)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (1 title)
2010/I Marvin (short) (grip)
 
Show ShowMake-Up Department (1 title)
1995 Night Walk: A Bedtime Story (video) (special makeup effects artist)
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (1 title)

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1997) Directed music video for Sarah McLachlan's "Building a Mystery" (really Matt Mahurin). See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies  | 1 Print Biography  | 3 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Sumishii Aran | Alan Smithee Jr. | Alain Smithee | Allan Smithee | Allen Smithee | Alan Smi Thee
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

When I refused to take directing credit for the film [Death of a Gunfighter], as did Bob Totten, the Directors' Guild made up a pseudonym for Totten and myself, 'Allen Smithee'. As the picture was well received, I told my young friends who wanted to be directors to change their name to Smithee and take credit for direction of the picture... See more »

Trivia:

Directors are still allowed to use other pseudonyms, as are authors, but that pseudonym, such as those used by Nathan Juran and David DeCoteau, are theirs, and a method of detachment rather than disownership. See more »

Trademark:

Alan Smithee has no distinguishable style, nor is it usually apparent what director he is taking the credit for. See more »

Nickname:

The World's Lousiest Director; The Scapegoat See more »