Alan Smithee Films

Just out of curiosity, since we are looking for the worst film, I did an IMDB search for "Alan Smithee" - legendary director of bad films. Guess what I found?

  1. Dennis Hopper (Actor, Speed (1994/I)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  2. Sidney Lumet (Director, 12 Angry Men (1957)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  3. John Frankenheimer (Director, Ronin (1998)) aka "Alan Smithee"
4.Paul Bogart (Director, Torch Song Trilogy (1988)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  1. Gilbert Cates (Producer, I Never Sang for My Father (1970)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  2. Arthur Hiller (Director, Love Story (1970)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  3. Joaquín Oristrell (Writer, Entre las piernas (1999)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  4. Stuart Rosenberg (I) (Director, Cool Hand Luke (1967)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  5. Sam Raimi (Writer, Spider-Man 3 (2007)) aka "Alan Smithee Jr."

Names (Exact Matches) (Displaying 31 Results)

  1. Rod Holcomb (Director, The Pentagon Papers (2003) (TV)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  2. Jackie Cooper (I) (Actor, Superman (1978)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  3. John McNaughton (Director, Wild Things (1998)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  4. Alan Smithee (Director, Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)) aka "Alan Smithee Jr."
  5. Jud Taylor (Director, Foxfire (1987) (TV)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  6. Kevin Yagher (Make-Up Department, Mission: Impossible II (2000)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  7. George McCowan (Director, "Hart to Hart" (1979)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  8. Rick Rosenthal (I) (Director, Halloween II (1981)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  9. Michael Toshiyuki Uno (Director, "Dawson's Creek" 1998)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  10. Kirk Wong (Director, The Big Hit (1998)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  11. Jerrold Freedman (Director, Borderline (1980)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  12. Fritz Kiersch (Director, Children of the Corn (1984)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  13. Stephan Wagner (I) (Director, Dienstreise - Was für eine Nacht (2003) (TV)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  14. Paul Aaron (Director, Maxie (1985)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  15. Richard C. Sarafian (Director, Vanishing Point (1971)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  16. Nina Franoszek (Actress, The Pianist (2002)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  17. Michael Gottlieb (I) (Director, Mannequin (1987)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  18. Ric Roman Waugh (Stunts, Total Recall (1990)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  19. Jarrod Factor (Editor, Insignia (2006)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  20. Lee Madden (I) (Director, Angel Unchained (1970)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  21. Simon Robideaux (Director, Zombi de Cap-Rouge, Le (1997)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  22. Terry Winsor (Director, Essex Boys (2000)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  23. Gregg Champion (I) (Director, The Cowboy Way (1994)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  24. Robert Crombie (II) (Director, Sappho (2008)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  25. Chris Johnston (V) (Director, In the Wrong Hands (2002)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  26. James A. Seale (I) (Camera and Electrical Department, Self Medicated (2005)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  27. Vance Kotrla (Writer, The Big Menarski (2000)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  28. Dean Tschetter (Writer, Mercenary Fighters (1988)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  29. Anderson G. House (Second Unit Director or Assistant Director, Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  30. Ramzi Thomas (Director, Appointment with Fear (1985)) aka "Alan Smithee"
  31. Gianni Bozzacchi (Writer, I Love N.Y. (1987)) aka "Alan Smithee"

What gives?

Marv

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Marv Soloff
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C. E. White

I'm not sure why you posted this to an auto group.... but sure... you found a lot of films. Actually, you found what is probably a tiny fraction of the number of films that folks have used the Smithee name on.

For the most part, I wouldn't say the Smithee name indicates that a film must be bad. It does indicate that at least one person on the crew wished it could have been a lot better.

I think just about everyone in the film industry has been Smithee at one point or another. Even I did it on two occasions.

--scott

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Scott Dorsey

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