Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alan Smithee was a loophole that allowed filmmakers to remove their names from movies. To use it, DGA members had to prove to a ...

Though primarily associated with "bad" movies, its original use was for the critically acclaimed 1969 film "Death of a ...

This documentary on the elusive director 'Alan Smithee' was first shown on the American Movie Classics (AMC) cable channel. We learn where the name came from and why the Directors Guild of America ...

Director Alan Smithee comes to Hollywood to make a movie. Due to a variety of factors, he decides to disown it and direct it under a pseudonym. Unfortunately, the Director's Guild requires that if a ...

Alan Smithee is a filmmaking force to be reckoned with, and the only name you need to see on a movie's credits to know what you're about to watch is likely a dumpster fire. But Mr. Smithee isn't a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During Academy Awards season in mid-March 2026, a longstanding rumor about Hollywood directors using a pseudonym in the credits of ...