Directed by Alan Smithee (2002)

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 Widmarks western Death of a Gunfighter The film follows the numerous problems that director Tony Kaye had during the production and postproduction of the film American History X and why the DGA refused to allow Alan Smithee to be credited for that film