Alan Smithee

Known for: Directing
Born: April 8, 1969
Died: January 1, 2000
Movies: 84

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.

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Upcoming Alan Smithee Movies

Separation

2026

November 6, 2026

Ancient Evil

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

5.3

Hellraiser: Bloodline

1996

5.4

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

1992

5.4

The Horror Show

1989

3.9

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

1998

4.0

The Birds II: Land's End

1994

6.2

Let's Get Harry

1986

5.7

The Shrimp on the Barbie

1990

6.3

Death of a Gunfighter

1969

4.4

Solar Crisis

1992

5.4

Blades

1988

Filmography

2025	Fantasmas	random guy on motorbike
2025	Tempo de vingança	Arvore
2024	The Wonders of Space \| Live From Blue Oak County	Spit Johnson
2024	A Deer's Deal	That Thing
1988	Blades	Engineer
1961	This Is Coffee	Narrator

Directing, Writing & Producing

2026	Separation	Director
2025	Trust	Director
2025	The Breakup	Writer
2025	Thicker Than Blood	Director
2024	Pavor Nocturnus	Director
2023	Amityville Apocalypse	Director
2023	Alla ricerca dei fantasmi italiani	Director
2023	From Spices With Love	Screenplay
2023	Khvicha's Porno	Director
2023	Anatar	Director
2023	Eternally Twilight: An AI's Guide to the Twilight Saga	Director, Producer
2020	(No)Hope	Director
2020	End of the Rope	Director
2019	ANXIETY	Director
2018	Sex & Water	Writer, Director
2017	Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty	Director
2017	Hot Lead	Director
2016	Kiss of Death	Director
2014	Il était une fois... Le Havre	Director, Writer
2014	Ego Death	Director
2013	Slender	Director, Writer
2011	Another Night of the Living Dead	Director, Writer
2010	Johnny	Writer
2010	Tom Toal: On the Scrapheap	Director
2008	The Elusive David Agnew	Director
2008	Winesburg, Ohio	Director
2007	Heroes in Chains Vol. 2: Deadly Interrogation	Director
2006	Heroes in Chains Vol. 1: Witness the Interrogation	Director
2005	Fugitives Run	Director
2004	Geki Uma!! Tenkaippin: Densetsu no Okonomiyaki-hen	Screenplay
2004	Team Spirit	Director
2002	An Enraged New World	Director
2002	In the Wrong Hands	Director
1999	Woman Wanted	Director
1999	Soul's Ark	Director
1999	The Coroner	Director
1998	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn	Director
1997	Sub Down	Director
1997	Le zombi de Cap-Rouge	Director
1997	River Made to Drown In	Director
1997	Dilemma	Director
1996	Exit	Director
1996	Firehouse	Director
1996	Hellraiser: Bloodline	Director
1996	Teacher's Pet	Director
1995	Raging Angels	Director
1995	The O.J. Simpson Story	Director
1995	Smoke N Lightnin	Director
1994	While Justice Sleeps	Director
1994	The Birds II: Land's End	Director
1993	Call Of The Wild	Director
1992	Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence	Director
1992	The Nutt House	Screenplay
1992	Solar Crisis	Director
1992	Bay City Story	Director
1991	The Owl	Director
1991	Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh	Director
1990	Fatal Charm	Director
1990	The Shrimp on the Barbie	Director
1990	Bodyguard	Director
1990	Gypsy Angels	Director
1989	The Horror Show	Writer
1988	Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz	Director
1987	I Love N.Y.	Director, Writer, Producer
1987	Ghost Fever	Director
1987	Morgan Stewart's Coming Home	Director
1987	Riviera	Director
1986	Let's Get Harry	Director
1986	Dalton: Code of Vengeance II	Director
1985	Appointment with Fear	Director
1985	Stitches	Director
1982	Moonlight	Director
1980	Fun and Games	Director
1980	City in Fear	Director
1978	The Barking Dog	Director
1973	Fade In	Director
1969	Death of a Gunfighter	Director
1961	This Is Coffee	Director, Writer, Producer

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