# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-smithee
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:05:16.397Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-smithee"
name: "Alan Smithee"
slug: "alan-smithee"
description: "Alan Smithee is an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project. Coined by the Directors Guild of America in 1968, it was used until 2000 when it was largely discontinued. It was the sole pseudonym used by DGA members who were, on paper, directors of a film but were dissatisfied with the final product and able to prove to a guild panel that they had not been able to exercise creative control over its filming process. The director was also required by guild rules not to discuss the circumstances leading to the move or even to acknowledge being the project's director. The Alan Smithee credit has also been adopted for direction credit disputes in television, music videos and other media."
tagline: "Pseudonym used for film directors who do not wish to be credited in a movie production"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           56.98
  momentum:             1.174297834991223
  historical:           22.29998
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000647/"
    handle:    "nm0000647"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8"
    title: "Алан Смити"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%8A"
    title: "آلان سميثي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BF"
    title: "অ্যালান স্মিথি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9F_%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA'%D7%99"
    title: "אלן סמית'י"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%8D%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%A9%D5%AB"
    title: "Ալան Սմիթի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC"
    title: "アラン・スミシー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A8%EB%9F%B0_%EC%8A%A4%EB%AF%B8%EC%8B%9C"
    title: "앨런 스미시"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alanus_Smithee"
    title: "Alanus Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q734916"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55948"
    title: "Alan Smithee"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump