آلن اسميتي (alan smithee , allen smithee , alan smythee , adam smithee ) نام مستعاري است كه از سال 1968 تا سال 2000 توسط كارگرداناني كه نميخواستند اسمشان بعنوان كارگردان بر روي فيلم ساخته شدهشان قرار گيرد استفاده ميشد . وقتي كه كارگرداني معروف با بودجهاي محدود پروژهاي را به پايان ميرساند و از نتيجه راضي نبود يا زماني كه فيلم داراي مضموني جدل انگيز بود نام آلن اسميتي بعنوان كارگردان انتخاب ميشد .
اولين فيلم معروفي كه از نام مستعار آلن اسميتي به عنوان كارگردان استفاده كرد فيلم Dead of a Gunfighter محصول سال 1969 بود . در خلال ساخت فيلم ريچارد ويدمارك (تهيه كننده) از كار كارگردان فيلم رابرت توتن راضي نبود بنابراين دان سيگل را جايگزين وي كرد ، در نهايت نه رابرت توتن و نه دان سيگل هيچكدام حاضر نبودند نامشان بعنوان كارگردان با فيلم همراه شود ، بنابراين تصميم گرفته شد نام "Al smith" بعنوان كارگردان انتخاب شود ولي DGA (اتحاديه كارگردانان آمريكا) گزارش داد كه كارگرداني با اين نام وجود دارد بنابراين نام "Allen Smithee " براي فيلم انتخاب شد .
فيلمهايي كه آلن اسميتي به عنوان كارگردان آنها معرفي شده است :
The Coroner
To Light the Darkness, directed by Vance Kotrla
Irish Republican Zombie
Picture of Priority
Dilemma, directed by Eric Larsen and Eric Louzil and starring C. Thomas Howell
Prostidude
Rudy, (edited for television version) directed by David Anspaugh and starring Sean Astin
Sub Down, directed by Gregg Champion and starring Stephen Baldwin
Le Zombi de Cap-Rouge
Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996), directed by Kevin Yagher
Smoke n Lightnin, directed by Michael Kirton
Raging Angels
National Lampoon's Senior Trip, directed by Kelly Makin with a segment credited to Smithee
Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh, directed by Dean Tschetter
The Shrimp on the Barbie, directed by Michael Gottlieb and starring Cheech Marin
Solar Crisis, directed by Richard C. Sarafian, starring Tim Matheson and Charlton Heston
I Love N.Y., directed by Gianni Bozzacchi and starring Scott Baio
Putz, directed by Robert Rothbard
Appointment with Fear, directed by Ramzi Thomas
Ghost Fever, directed by Lee Madden
Morgan Stewart's Coming Home, directed by Paul Aaron and Terry Windsor
Let's Get Harry, directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Stitches, directed by Rod Holcomb and starring Parker Stevenson
Gypsy Angels, starring Vanna White
The Barking Dog
Dune (1988 extended television version, 2006 extended DVD version), directed by David Lynch and starring Kyle MacLachlan, based upon the 1965 Frank Herbert novel
The Simpsons episode A Star is Burns had a plot centered around a short-film festival. Mr. Burns' entry A Burns for All Seasons was credited to Alan Smithee.
The Simpsons episode D'oh-in in the Wind had a plot centered around Homer's rediscovery of his mom's hippie past, and attempts to live as a hippie himself. Mr. Burns' recruiting film for his nuclear power plant (featuring Homer, and ending badly with Homer's Burns impression: "Nuclear Power!") was credited to Alan Smithee.
Woman Wanted (2000), directed and eventually disowned by Kiefer Sutherland
The Birds II: Land's End, directed by Rick Rosenthal
"Tiny Toon Adventures" had a Smithee cartoon.
Wadd: The Life and Times of John C. Holmes
The Second Assistant Director Credit for Segment 1 of "Twilight Zone: The Movie" (the "Vic Morrow" segment) is credited as "Alan Smithee", instead of Anderson House. Second Assistant directors work primarily on getting exterior filler shots or they work on action scenes, and the Vic Morrow helicopter accident probably had something to do with this "Smithee" credit.
The episode "Motherhunt" (2002), the 5th episode of the second season of "A Nero Wolfe Mystery" has a Smithee credit.
It's Academic, June 19, 2006, TV episode. See here for images.
"Catch a Falling Star", episode 16 of season 4 of US TV series La Femme Nikita, believed to be Joseph Scanlan.
The Elusive David Agnew, a featurette included on the 2008 DVD release of The Invasion of Time, a six-episode storyline from Doctor Who, is credited to Smithee. This is done as a joke, as the featurette is about a pseudonym used by the BBC.
