Director Alan Smithee comes to Hollywood to make a movie. Due to a variety of factors, he decides to disown it and direct it under a pseudonym. Unfortunately, the Director's Guild requires that if a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During Academy Awards season in mid-March 2026, a longstanding rumor about Hollywood directors using a pseudonym in the credits of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alan Smithee was a loophole that allowed filmmakers to remove their names from movies. To use it, DGA members had to prove to a ...