Alan Smithee
Have you ever watched a movie that was directed by Alan Smithee? If so, you’ve just watched a movie by a film director that wanted to disown that project. Alan Smithee is the official pseudonym used for this purpose used from 1968 until it was formally discontinued in 2000.
Alan Smithee
Donald Kaufman
In the film Adaptation, Nicholas Cage portrayed Donald Kaufman, the brother of the film version of filmmaker Charlie Kaufman. Anyone who watches the film becomes convinced that he is real, but it turns out that Donald Kaufman doesn’t really exist and is a character that was created by Charlie for the movie.
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Donald Kaufman
