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Alan Smithee (also Allen Smithee) is an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project.
Alan Smithee. Director: Eternally Twilight: An AI's Guide to the Twilight Saga. '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.
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Alan Smithee. Director: Eternally Twilight: An AI's Guide to the Twilight Saga. '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.
Feb 24, 2018 · Alan Smithee was a terrible filmmaker. In a career that spanned more than three decades, Smithee tackled pretty much every genre, helming comedies, thrillers, westerns, horror, drama, science-fiction — the lot. And his films were almost always bad.
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From 1969 through 2000, Alan (or Allen) Smithee racked up about 40 film, TV, and music video credits [source: Prendreigh]. Sometimes, the theater version of a movie was credited to the actual director, but Smithee took credit for the TV or airplane edit.
Feb 5, 2020 · One of the most prolific and notorious directors in film history, Alan Smithee has directed dozens of movies and TV shows since the late 1960s. Almost all of them are unmitigated disasters,...
Oct 22, 2020 · Created by the Director’s Guild of America in 1968, Alan Smithee was, for many years, the official pseudonym directors could dump their credits on in order to avoid having a blemishing film scribbled into their portfolios.
