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=== Film direction === {{More citations needed section|date=August 2017}} The following films credit "Smithee"; the actual director is listed when known. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Film ! Year ! Director ! Notes ! Reference |- | ''[[Fade In (film)|Fade In]]'' | 1968 | [[Jud Taylor]] | Also called ''Iron Cowboy''; shown in previews with Taylor credited, then shelved; issued in 1973 with "Allen Smithee" credited as director. |<ref name="auto">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC|title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors|first=Jerry|last=Roberts|date=June 5, 2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|via=Google Books|isbn=9780810863781|access-date=July 13, 2018|archive-date=May 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524123445/https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | ''[[Death of a Gunfighter]]'' | 1969 | Robert Totten and Don Siegel (separately) |Credited to "Allen Smithee". | <ref name="auto" /> |- | ''The Barking Dog'' | 1978 | Unknown | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''Gypsy Angels'' | 1980 | Unknown | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''[[City in Fear]]'' | 1980 | Jud Taylor | | |- | ''Fun and Games'' | 1980 | [[Paul Bogart]] | |<ref>{{IMDb title|0080769|Fun and Games}}</ref> |- | ''[[Student Bodies]]'' | 1981 | [[Mickey Rose]] |Produced by [[Michael Ritchie (film director)|Michael Ritchie]] under the pseudonym | |- | ''[[Twilight Zone: The Movie]]'' | 1983 | Anderson House |Second Assistant Director Anderson House used the pseudonym for the first segment, in which actor [[Vic Morrow]] and two children were [[Twilight Zone accident|killed in a helicopter accident]] during production. This represents a rare instance where the "Alan Smithee" credit was taken by an assistant director. |<ref>{{Cite book |title=Directed by Allen Smithee |last1=Braddock |first1=Jeremy |last2=Hock |first2=Stephen |year=2001 |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |isbn=9780816635337 |oclc=237557899 |pages=102β106|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bhF3-AqlWIcC&pg=PA102}}</ref> |- | ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]'' | 1984 | [[David Lynch]] |Used only for the version as extended and edited for broadcast television. In addition to the "Smithee" directing credit, for the broadcast TV version Lynch's screenwriting credit goes to "Judas Booth" (a reference to [[Judas Iscariot]] and [[John Wilkes Booth]]). | <ref>{{Cite web|title=Dune (Comparison: Theatrical Version - Extended TV Version)|url=https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=1380|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612085126/https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=1380|archive-date=June 12, 2017|access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Fye|first=Eleanor|date=June 8, 2020|title=The Story of Dune, David Lynch, and Hollywood's Most Notorious Pseudonym|url=https://gizmodo.com/the-story-of-dune-david-lynch-and-hollywoods-most-not-1843885321|access-date=2021-09-29|website=Gizmodo|language=en-us|archive-date=2021-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929133414/https://gizmodo.com/the-story-of-dune-david-lynch-and-hollywoods-most-not-1843885321|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | ''[[Appointment with Fear (film)|Appointment with Fear]]'' | 1985 | Ramsey Thomas | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''[[Stitches (1985 film)|Stitches]]'' | 1985 | [[Rod Holcomb]] | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''[[Let's Get Harry]]'' | 1986 | [[Stuart Rosenberg]] | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''[[Morgan Stewart's Coming Home]]'' | 1987 | Paul Aaron and Terry Windsor | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''[[Ghost Fever]]'' | 1987 | [[Lee Madden]] | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''[[I Love N.Y. (1987 film)|I Love N.Y.]]'' | 1987 | Gianni Bozzacchi | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''[[Gunhed (film)|Gunhed]]'' | 1989 | [[Masato Harada]] |Used for the re-edited TV release in the United States | |- | ''[[Catchfire]]'' | 1990 | [[Dennis Hopper]] |Originally released in theaters as Smithee. A subsequent video release under the title ''Backtrack'' was Hopper's intended "director's cut", for which he received credit. |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''[[The Shrimp on the Barbie]]'' | 1990 | [[Michael Gottlieb (director)|Michael Gottlieb]] | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''[[Solar Crisis (film)|Solar Crisis]]'' | 1990 | [[Richard C. Sarafian]] | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''[[The Guardian (1990 film)|The Guardian]]'' | 1990 | [[William Friedkin]] |Credited to "Alan Von Smithee" only for the version as edited for cable television | |- | ''Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh'' | 1991 | Dean Tschetter | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''[[The Nutt House (film)|The Nutt House]]'' | 1992 | [[Adam Rifkin]] | Used by writers [[Scott Spiegel]] (as Peter Perkinson), [[Bruce Campbell]] (as R.O.C. Sandstorm), [[Ivan Raimi]] (as Alan Smithee Sr.), and [[Sam Raimi]] (as Alan Smithee Jr.) |<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.joblo.com/hollywood-celebrities/gossip/then-now-amy-yasbeck|title=Then & Now: Amy Yasbeck|website=JoBlo.com|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-16|archive-date=2012-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923011051/http://www.joblo.com/hollywood-celebrities/gossip/then-now-amy-yasbeck|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | ''[[Scent of a Woman (1992 film)|Scent of a Woman]]'' | 1992 | [[Martin Brest]] | Used for the version edited for [[airline|in-flight]] viewing | |- | ''[[Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence]]'' | 1993 | [[William Lustig]] | |<ref>{{cite web |last1=Arrigo |first1=Anthony |title='Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence' 4K Review - Worth Buying for the Commentary Track Alone |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/421811/maniac-cop-iii-badge-of-silence-4k-review-worth-buying-for-the-commentary-track-alone/ |website=Dread Central |access-date=31 July 2023 |date=16 February 2022 |archive-date=31 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731173336/https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/421811/maniac-cop-iii-badge-of-silence-4k-review-worth-buying-for-the-commentary-track-alone/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''[[Rudy (film)|Rudy]]'' | 1993 | [[David Anspaugh]] |Used for the re-edited TV release | |- | ''[[The Birds II: Land's End]]'' | 1994 | [[Rick Rosenthal]] | | |- | ''The Journey Inside'' | 1994 | Barnaby Jackson | |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Intel's IMAX Sci-Fi Feature Film you don't Remember|author=[[Nostalgia Nerd]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlp7jGxWHgI&t=90| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/qlp7jGxWHgI| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|access-date=2020-08-31|website=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=THE JOURNEY INSIDE {{!}} The Bedlam Files|url=https://thebedlamfiles.com/film/the-journey-inside/|access-date=2020-08-31|language=en-US|archive-date=2019-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514104405/https://thebedlamfiles.com/film/the-journey-inside/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | ''[[National Lampoon's Senior Trip]]'' | 1995 | [[Kelly Makin]] |Alan Smithee is credited onscreen as the director of a pornographic video featured briefly in the film, "Forrest Humps" | |- | ''Raging Angels'' | 1995 | Unknown | | |- | ''Smoke n Lightnin'' | 1995 | Unknown | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''[[Heat (1995 film)|Heat]]'' | 1995 | [[Michael Mann]] |Used for the re-edited TV release | |- | ''[[Hellraiser: Bloodline]]'' | 1996 | [[Kevin Yagher]] | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''Exit'' | 1996 | [[Ric Roman Waugh]] | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''Dilemma'' | 1997 | Eric Larsen and [[Eric Louzil]] | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''Le Zombi de Cap-Rouge'' | 1997 | Simon Robideaux | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''Sub Down'' | 1997 | [[Gregg Champion]] | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''[[An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn]]'' | 1997 | [[Arthur Hiller]] | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''Picture of Priority'' | 1998 | Unknown | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''[[Meet Joe Black]]'' | 1998 | [[Martin Brest]] | Used for the version edited for [[airline|in-flight]] viewing and cable television | |- | ''[[Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes]]'' | 1998 | Cass Paley | | |- | ''The Coroner'' | 1999 | Brian Katkin and Juan A. Mas | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''[[The Insider (film)|The Insider]]'' | 1999 | [[Michael Mann]] | Used for the version edited for television | |- | ''[[River Made to Drown In]]'' | 1999 | [[James Merendino]] | | |- | ''[[Woman Wanted]]'' | 1999 | [[Kiefer Sutherland]] | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''The Disciples'' | 2000 | [[Kirk Wong]] | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''In the Wrong Hands'' | 2002 | Chris Johnston and James A. Seale | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''Fugitives Run'' | 2003 | Philip Spink | |<ref name="auto" /> |- | ''Eep!'' (Dutch: ''Iep!'') | 2010 | Rita Horst | Credited as ''Ellen Smith'', the only time a Dutch director asked for this credit. ''Ellen'' is a Dutch name that is pronounced similarly to ''Alan.'' | |- | ''Another Night of the Living Dead'' | 2011 | Unknown | | |- | ''[[Old 37]]'' | 2015 | Christian Winters | |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3355506/review-old-37-crowdfunded-slasher-done-right/|title=[Review] 'Old 37' As a Crowdfunded Slasher Done Right - Bloody Disgusting|website=bloody-disgusting.com|date=3 August 2015|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=10 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710101859/https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3355506/review-old-37-crowdfunded-slasher-done-right/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{IMDb title|1600429|Old 37}}</ref> |- | ''Anatar'' | 2023 | Lorenzo Dante Zanoni | |<ref>{{IMDb title|17351870|Anatar (2023)}}</ref> |}
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