do you know the director alan smithee?

Question

of course you dont, because he doesnt exist, Alan Smithee is a pseudonym used between 1968 and 1999 by Hollywood film directors who wanted to be dissociated from a film for which they no longer wanted credit. It was used when the director could prove to the satisfaction of a panel of members of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers that the film had been wrested from his or her creative control. The director is also required to keep the reason for the disavowal a secret. The pseudonym cannot be used to hide a director's failures.

In 1997, the comedy An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn was released, in which a director wants to disown a film but cannot because his real name is Alan Smithee. The publicity around this movie, and especially around the fact that director Arthur Hiller asked for and got an Alan Smithee credit for it, made the Directors Guild decide to discontinue using the Alan Smithee credit.

if you move the the letters in the name Alan Smithee you get the word The Alias Man

ALAN SMITHEE - THE ALIAS MAN

Answer 1

No, I don't know Alan Smithee, although I have seen some of his terrible films.
Your question is now answered, your trivia is now disseminated for anyone who cares to read it, and now everyone's day can proceed.

Answer 2

Errrm yes, you have answered your own question, as well as giving me a chance to plug my list of Alan Smithee movies.

Answer 3

Why did you answer your own question? (2 pts).