English Explanatory Dictionary

Alan Smithee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An official pseudonym used by film directors wishing to disown a project.

Word forms

Alan Smithee Allen Smithee

Etymology

Coined by American trade union Directors Guild of America in 1968, modified from the originally proposed Al Smith to avoid confusion with real people's names.

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