Alan Smithee

Biography

Alan Smithee (also Allen Smithee) was an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project, coined in 1968. Until its use was formally discontinued in 2000, it was the sole pseudonym used by members of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) when a director dissatisfied with the final product proved to the satisfaction of a guild panel that he or she had not been able to exercise creative control 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 actual director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Smithee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed

1. Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996) — Director
2. The Cosby Show (1984) — Director
3. Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992) — Director
4. An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn (1998) — Director
5. The Birds II: Land's End (1994) — Director
6. Let's Get Harry (1986) — Director
7. Death of a Gunfighter (1969) — Director
8. The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990) — Director
9. Solar Crisis (1992) — Director
10. Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh (1991) — Director
11. Anatar (2023) — Director
12. Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987) — Director
13. Enai Noki Paayum Thota (2019) — Director
14. Fatal Charm (1990) — Director
15. Raging Angels (1995) — Director
16. Ghost Fever (1987) — Director
17. The O.J. Simpson Story (1995) — Director
18. River Made to Drown In (1997) — Director
19. Woman Wanted (1999) — Director
20. Call Of The Wild (1993) — Director
21. The Coroner (1999) — Director
22. City in Fear (1980) — Director
23. Gypsy Angels (1990) — Director
24. Appointment with Fear (1985) — Director
25. Dilemma (1997) — Director
26. Exit (1996) — Director
27. Fade In (1973) — Director
28. Sub Down (1997) — Director
29. Stitches (1985) — Director
30. Firehouse (1996) — Director
31. The Owl (1991) — Director
32. Paper Dolls (1984) — Director
33. I Love N.Y. (1987) — Director
34. An Enraged New World (2002) — Director
35. Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty (2017) — Director
36. Smoke N Lightnin (1995) — Director
37. McClain's Law (1981) — Director
38. Fun and Games (1980) — Director
39. Moonlight (1982) — Director
40. While Justice Sleeps (1994) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Blades (1988) — Engineer
2. Fantasmas (2025) — random guy on motorbike
3. This Is Coffee (1961) — Narrator
4. A Deer's Deal (2024) — That Thing
5. The Wonders of Space | Live From Blue Oak County (2024) — Spit Johnson