Today's Alan Smithees

[grandfromage]

Alan Smithee died in about 1990 it seems. Are there any films since Supernova which have had pseudonym director credits, or at least where the director tried to get his name removed?

[batman]

Supernova was released in 2000, not 1990. 'Alan Smithee' was 'retired' for that film and replaced by the pseudonym 'Thomas Lee'. AFAIK no 'standard' name is used these days for such circumstances.


The following films credit "Smithee" with the actual director is listed when known:

• Fade-In / Iron Cowboy (1968). Directed by Jud Taylor.
• Death of a Gunfighter (1969). Directed separately by Robert Totten and Don Siegel.
• City in Fear (1980). Directed by Jud Taylor.
• Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). The Second Assistant Director credit for the first segment is credited to "Alan Smithee". This position is commonly involved in shooting action scenes, such as the one in which actor Vic Morrow was killed during production of this film.
• Stitches (1985), directed by Rod Holcomb
• Let's Get Harry (1986), directed by Stuart Rosenberg
• Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987), directed by Paul Aaron and Terry Windsor
• The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990), directed by Michael Gottlieb
• Solar Crisis (1990), directed by Richard C. Sarafian
• The Birds II: Land's End (1994), directed by Rick Rosenthal
• National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995), directed by Kelly Makin with a segment credited to Smithee
• Raging Angels (1995)
• Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996), directed by Kevin Yagher
• Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off (1997), co-directed by Steve Langley
• An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998), directed by Arthur Hiller
• River Made to Drown In (1999), directed by James Merendino
• Woman Wanted (2000), directed by Kiefer Sutherland

from wikipedia

[Steve Crook]

Alan Smithee died in about 1990 it seems. Are there any films since Supernova which have had pseudonym director credits, or at least where the director tried to get his name removed?

People like Alan don't retire, or die.
Check out his filmography at the IMDb. He's got lots of credits after 1990

Steve

[Robin Davies]

This was just pre-1990 but David Lynch got his name removed from the extended version of DUNE, resulting in the amusing opening title "A ALAN SMITHEE FILM" (sic).

[grandfromage]

Yep - so there is no equivalent name being used today. But I'm guessing there are still films in the last 10 years which directors have disowned, and pseudonyms have been used. Anyone know what they might be?

[batman]

Yep - so there is no equivalent name being used today. But I'm guessing there are still films in the last 10 years which directors have disowned, and pseudonyms have been used. Anyone know what they might be?

You could try researching that yourself in the same way we did to answer your original question.

[Steve Crook]

Yep - so there is no equivalent name being used today. But I'm guessing there are still films in the last 10 years which directors have disowned, and pseudonyms have been used. Anyone know what they might be?

As I said above, Alan Smithee is still alive and well.
Why do you keep thinking that it isn't used any more?

Steve

[batman]

Why do you keep thinking that it isn't used any more?

Steve

The Screen Directors Guild did make a statement years ago that 'Alan Smithee' was now too well known as an indicator of a 'troubled' production that they were not going to use it any more.

[Steve Crook]

The Screen Directors Guild did make a statement years ago that 'Alan Smithee' was now too well known as an indicator of a 'troubled' production that they were not going to use it any more.

The Screen Directors Guild aren't in charge of everything

Steve

[batman]

The Screen Directors Guild aren't in charge of everything

Steve

I know that, I was simply putting that forward as to why the OP may still think 'Alan Smithee' is no longer with us.