Alan Smithy is a Hollywood Phantom
Phantoms don't only happen in opera, but also in film studios. It would seem that Alan Smithy is a successful American director. He is got a long list of huge number of film projects, among them are "The Madness of Spirits", "The History of OJ Simpson" and "Birds II - Return".
He also worked on TV, where under his leadership, several episodes of the "Cosby Show" and a pilot episode of the series "The Secret Agent McGuire" were created. In addition, Alan Smithy is known as an editor, artist, screenwriter, poet, so a talented person is talented in everything.
To live and rejoice except for one thing : a talented and successful director is a phantom, an invention that serves to solve a number of unusual problems that arise during the filming and release of film production.
In fact, Alan Smithy is a pseudonym for the filmmakers who do not want to see their names in titles for some reason or another.
The pseudonym was coined by the American trade union of directors - the Guild of Directors of U.S and was used for the first time in 1969 for the film "The Death of an Arrow", when its directors refused to put their names in the credits.
Among the directors and actors who used the pseudonym were David Lynch (Dune), Denis Hopper (The Departed), Kiefer Sutherland ("Woman Wanted "), Arthur Hiller "Burn, Hollywood, Burn").
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