Alan Smithee

Alan Smithee, Allen Smithee, and Adam Smithee are pseudonyms used between 1968 and 1999 by Hollywood film directors who wanted to be dissociated from a film for which they no longer wanted credit. It was used when the director could prove to the satisfaction of a panel of members of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers that the film had been wrested from his or her creative control. The director is also required to keep the reason for the disavowal a secret. The pseudonym cannot be used to hide a director's failures.

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Pseudonym - 1968 - 1999 - Hollywood - Film director - Directors Guild of America - Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers

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