Directing

Alan Smithee

Born April 8, 1969

Died January 1, 2000 · aged 30

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…

Known For

Twilight Zone: The MovieTwilight Zone: The Movie · 1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
6.51983
MovieHorrorFantasy
An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."
Fun and GamesFun and Games · 1980
Fun and Games
7.01980
MovieDramaTV Movie
A divorcee decides to fight back after her hopes of gaining a promotion are dashed by her rejection of the advances of her boss, and it is only after he actually attacks her that her company and her union take notice.
Hellraiser: BloodlineHellraiser: Bloodline · 1996
Hellraiser: Bloodline
5.31996
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
Three generations of the same family deal with the consequences of unleashing the forces of hell.
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of SilenceManiac Cop 3: Badge of Silence · 1992
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
5.31992
MovieActionHorror
A priest practicing the Voodoo arts resurrects Matt Cordell, who takes his badge and returns from the dead...again...to do his bidding.
The Horror ShowThe Horror Show · 1989
The Horror Show
5.41989
MovieHorrorThriller
Vowing revenge on the detective who apprehended him, serial killer "Meat Cleaver" Max Jenke returns from beyond the grave to launch a whole new reign of terror.
Let's Get HarryLet's Get Harry · 1986
Let's Get Harry
6.21986
MovieAction
Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry's friends decide to take matters into their own hands!
Death of a GunfighterDeath of a Gunfighter · 1969
Death of a Gunfighter
6.31969
MovieWestern
In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottonwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When he kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town leaders decide it's time for a change. That ask for Patch's resignation, but he refuses on the basis that the town, on hiring him, had promised him the job for as long as he wanted it. Afraid for the town's future and even more afraid of the fact that Marshal Patch knows all the town's dark secrets, the city fathers decide that old-style violence is the only way to rid themselves of the unwanted lawman.
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, BurnAn Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn · 1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
3.91998
MovieComedy
Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad big budget action film, for which he proceeds to steal the reels, and leaves the cast and crew in a frenzy.

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