This documentary on the elusive director Alan Smithee was first shown on the American Movie Classics (AMC) cable channel. We learn where the name came from and why the Directors Guild of America (DGA) first allowed his name to be used on Richard Widmark's western Death of a Gunfighter. The film follows the numerous problems that director Tony Kaye had during the production and post-production of the film American History X and why the DGA refused to allow Alan Smithee to be credited for that film.
Crew
Lesli Klainberg
Director, Producer
George O'Donnell
Editor
Julie Goldman
Executive Producer
Jessica Falcon
Executive Producer
Caroline Stevens
Executive Producer
Marc Juris
Executive Producer
Maia Harris
Producer
Ann Rose
Associate Producer
Douglas J. Cuomo
Original Music Composer
Nancy McKenna
Executive In Charge Of Production
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