- The DGA decided that the name got so much exposure from the film An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997) that it was no longer an effective alias. The film Supernova (2000) was the first "post-Smithee" film; Smithee's successor was named "Thomas Lee" but it didn't take and the classic Smithee pseudonym has remained in use up to this day.
- "Alan Smithee" is an anagram for "The Alias Men"
- The name given by directors who disown their films for any reason.
- The Alan Smithee escape nomenclature can and has also been used by screenwriters and scenarists. It's true that it began being used by directors who did not want their mangled work identified as theirs but writers quickly began to catch on. Those not intimately familiar with the production process, especially so with big companies, might not quite understand this. However if an inept person in a supervisory position (this happens too often) moves in and re-cuts or re-writes leaving enough damage the professional will simply not want his name attached to the project.
- Directors are still allowed to use other pseudonyms, as are authors, but that pseudonym, such as those used by Nathan Juran and David DeCoteau, are theirs, and a method of detachment rather than disownership.
- Despite the name Alan Smithee having been officially retired by the DGA in 1997, due to its infamy up to this day numerous non-DGA and independent films all over the world make unofficial and unauthorized use of it.
- Burst onto the scene with her directorial debut, an episode of Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017).
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