Alan Smithee

Known for
Directing
Born
April 8, 1969
Died
January 1, 2000 (aged 30)

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.

Known For

Filmography

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Ancient Evil poster

Ancient Evil

Movie · Director

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Once Upon a New York Dream

Once Upon a New York Dream

Movie · Director

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Cinema Insomnia

Cinema Insomnia

TV · Director · 4 eps

2026
Separation

Separation

Movie · Director

2025
Trust poster

Trust

Movie · Director

2025
Thicker Than Blood poster

Thicker Than Blood

Movie · Director

2024
Pavor Nocturnus

Pavor Nocturnus

Movie · Director

2023
Anatar poster

Anatar

Movie · Director

2023
Amityville Apocalypse poster

Amityville Apocalypse

Movie · Director

2023
Eternally Twilight: An AI's Guide to the Twilight Saga poster

Eternally Twilight: An AI's Guide to the Twilight Saga

Movie · Director

2023
Khvicha's Porno poster

Khvicha's Porno

Movie · Director

2023
Alla ricerca dei fantasmi italiani poster

Alla ricerca dei fantasmi italiani

Movie · Director

2020
End of the Rope poster

End of the Rope

Movie · Director

2020
(No)Hope poster

(No)Hope

Movie · Director

2019
ANXIETY poster

ANXIETY

Movie · Director

2018
Sex & Water poster

Sex & Water

Movie · Director

2017
Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty poster

Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty

Movie · Director

2017
Hot Lead poster

Hot Lead

Movie · Director

2016
Kiss of Death poster

Kiss of Death

Movie · Director

2014
Ego Death

Ego Death

Movie · Director

2014
Il était une fois... Le Havre poster

Il était une fois... Le Havre

Movie · Director

2013
Slender

Slender

Movie · Director

2011
Another Night of the Living Dead poster

Another Night of the Living Dead

Movie · Director

2010
Tom Toal: On the Scrapheap

Tom Toal: On the Scrapheap

Movie · Director

2008
Winesburg, Ohio poster

Winesburg, Ohio

Movie · Director

2008
The Elusive David Agnew poster

The Elusive David Agnew

Movie · Director

2007
Heroes in Chains Vol. 2: Deadly Interrogation

Heroes in Chains Vol. 2: Deadly Interrogation

Movie · Director

2006
Heroes in Chains Vol. 1: Witness the Interrogation

Heroes in Chains Vol. 1: Witness the Interrogation

Movie · Director

2005
Fugitives Run poster

Fugitives Run

Movie · Director

2004
Team Spirit

Team Spirit

Movie · Director

2003
Eiken poster

Eiken

TV · Series Director · 2 eps

2002
An Enraged New World poster

An Enraged New World

Movie · Director

2002
In the Wrong Hands poster

In the Wrong Hands

Movie · Director

1999
Woman Wanted poster

Woman Wanted

Movie · Director

1999
Soul's Ark poster

Soul's Ark

Movie · Director

1999
The Coroner poster

The Coroner

Movie · Director

1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn poster

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

Movie · Director

1997
Dilemma poster

Dilemma

Movie · Director

1997
Le zombi de Cap-Rouge

Le zombi de Cap-Rouge

Movie · Director

1997
Sub Down poster

Sub Down

Movie · Director

1997
River Made to Drown In poster

River Made to Drown In

Movie · Director

1996
Exit poster

Exit

Movie · Director

1996
Firehouse poster

Firehouse

Movie · Director

1996
Hellraiser: Bloodline poster

Hellraiser: Bloodline

Movie · Director

1996
Teacher's Pet poster

Teacher's Pet

Movie · Director

1995
Raging Angels poster

Raging Angels

Movie · Director

1995
The O.J. Simpson Story poster

The O.J. Simpson Story

Movie · Director

1995
Smoke N Lightnin poster

Smoke N Lightnin

Movie · Director

1994
While Justice Sleeps

While Justice Sleeps

Movie · Director

1994
The Birds II: Land's End poster

The Birds II: Land's End

Movie · Director

1993
Call Of The Wild poster

Call Of The Wild

Movie · Director

1992
Bay City Story

Bay City Story

Movie · Director

1992
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence poster

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

Movie · Director

1992
Solar Crisis poster

Solar Crisis

Movie · Director

1991
The Owl poster

The Owl

Movie · Director

1991
Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh poster

Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh

Movie · Director

1990
The Shrimp on the Barbie poster

The Shrimp on the Barbie

Movie · Director

1990
Gypsy Angels poster

Gypsy Angels

Movie · Director

1990
Fatal Charm poster

Fatal Charm

Movie · Director

1990
Bodyguard

Bodyguard

Movie · Director

1988
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz poster

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

Movie · Director

1987
Ghost Fever poster

Ghost Fever

Movie · Director

1987
I Love N.Y. poster

I Love N.Y.

Movie · Director

1987
Riviera

Riviera

Movie · Director

1987
Morgan Stewart's Coming Home poster

Morgan Stewart's Coming Home

Movie · Director

1987
Karen's Song

Karen's Song

TV · Director · 1 ep

1986
Dalton: Code of Vengeance II poster

Dalton: Code of Vengeance II

Movie · Director

1986
Let's Get Harry poster

Let's Get Harry

Movie · Director

1985
Stitches poster

Stitches

Movie · Director

1985
Appointment with Fear poster

Appointment with Fear

Movie · Director

1985
Dalton's Code of Vengeance

Dalton's Code of Vengeance

TV · Director · 2 eps

1984
The Cosby Show poster

The Cosby Show

TV · Director · 1 ep

1984
Paper Dolls poster

Paper Dolls

TV · Director · 1 ep

1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie poster

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Movie · Second Assistant Director

1982
Moonlight poster

Moonlight

Movie · Director

1981
McClain's Law poster

McClain's Law

TV · Director · 1 ep

1980
City in Fear poster

City in Fear

Movie · Director

1980
Fun and Games poster

Fun and Games

Movie · Director

1978
The Barking Dog

The Barking Dog

Movie · Director

1973
Fade In poster

Fade In

Movie · Director

1969
Death of a Gunfighter poster

Death of a Gunfighter

Movie · Director

1961
This Is Coffee poster

This Is Coffee

Movie · Director