LC control no. | n 96005794 |
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Personal name heading | Smithee, Alan |
Variant(s) | Smithee, Allen |
See also | Pseudonym used by multiple persons; for works of author's known to have used this name search also under: Bogart, Paul, Oristrell, Joaquín Windsor, Terry Wong, Che-Kirk, 1949- Totten, Robert, 1937-1995 Bogart, Paul Oristrell, Joaquín Windsor, Terry Wong, Che-Kirk, 1949- Totten, Robert, 1937-1995 |
Special note | LC practice is to make an added entry for Alan Smithee and to also make an added entry for the real director if known. |
Found in | The indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis [MP] 1989: credits (directed by Alan Smithee) In motion film & video production magazine, July, 1992, p. 48-50 (The Director's Council of the Director's Guild of America created the pseudonym Allen Smithee, a.k.a. Alan Smithee) Michael Singer's film directors: a complete guide, c1995, p. 353-354 (Alan Smithee; the pseudonym designated by the Director's Guild of America for those members who wish to remove their names from the screen and advertising credits of a particular film. This is usually the result of studio and/or network interference with their intended cut of a film, and therefore a loss of creative control) |