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Smithee, Alan

LC control no.n 96005794
Personal name headingSmithee, Alan
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Variant(s)Smithee, Allen
See alsoPseudonym 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
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Oristrell, Joaquín
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Windsor, Terry
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Wong, Che-Kirk, 1949-
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Totten, Robert, 1937-1995
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Special noteLC practice is to make an added entry for Alan Smithee and to also make an added entry for the real director if known.
Found inThe 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)